Sunderland Mugs, better known as 'Frog Mugs', were, the product
of that town (in North East England) before they were imitated
in Staffordshire and in Worcestershire, and the reason why they
were called Frog mugs is because in the interior of the mug is the
form of a frog, with legs outstretched. When the mug was lifted
for the purpose of quaffing the contents, and it was nearly
drained dry, the frog appeared to the vision of the drinker, who
promptly imagined that it was a live one, which was about to
leap down his throat. There are many examples and variations
of the original mug, but in the main the same idea is present.
There were about twenty five potteries on the Tyne, the Wear
and the Tees all of them producing these frog mugs up to about
seventy years ago - the majority of them being inscribed with
mottoes, proverbs, and verses like the one you see below...
Read more about the frog mugs here
of that town (in North East England) before they were imitated
in Staffordshire and in Worcestershire, and the reason why they
were called Frog mugs is because in the interior of the mug is the
form of a frog, with legs outstretched. When the mug was lifted
for the purpose of quaffing the contents, and it was nearly
drained dry, the frog appeared to the vision of the drinker, who
promptly imagined that it was a live one, which was about to
leap down his throat. There are many examples and variations
of the original mug, but in the main the same idea is present.
There were about twenty five potteries on the Tyne, the Wear
and the Tees all of them producing these frog mugs up to about
seventy years ago - the majority of them being inscribed with
mottoes, proverbs, and verses like the one you see below...
Read more about the frog mugs here
Sunderland frog mug, inscribed 'A West View of the Iron
Bridge over the Wear under the Patronage of R. Burdon Esq.,
Dixon & Co. Sunderland 1813'
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Bridge over the Wear under the Patronage of R. Burdon Esq.,
Dixon & Co. Sunderland 1813'
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