Farewell my beloved…..

The mirror frame is fantastic. Did you make or buy it LauraNorder

Make a lovely frame for a mirror in honour of your faithful old mug.

I hear you! The same happened to me this year. My lovely favorite mug. It was porcelain and had painted bluebells on and came from a nice little shop with nice memories about the visit to the area. I couldn't even blame anyone else for breaking it! I put it down on a shelf near the coats for some reason and when I opened the door one of the coats swept it off onto the floor.

I chose a nice new mug for myself. I've linked it below! (I think they could make good gifts as well - I mentioned that before :-)).

I also have a mug, stored away, that I have had since I was 13 years old. The whole family had them with different designs - from Hornsea Pottery. It was used regularly until about 25 years ago when it got the tiniest little bit of glaze knocked off (hardly noticeable) and after that I decided just to store it - it has such lovely memories of childhood with my family.

I got the Zambezi mug. It was a bit of an indulgence but I think tea tastes nicer out of china. The pink lynx one is nice too!

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Oh Merlotgran
“Parting is such sweet sorrow”.
I think most of us have a favourite mug. I smashed mine that I’d had for years. It was a gift from a dear friend with beautiful wading birds on from the RSPB shop. I keep looking, but I haven’t found a good replacement yet. Funny how we get attached to something as simple as a mug.

can your faithful friend not be kept in service as a pen and pencil holder in the kitchen, merlotgran?

Farewell dear mug

My two favourite bone china mugs have no pattern left on them now after about 20 years, thanks to the dishwasher but still provide faithful service.

I should buy myself a couple more because yes, the clunky ones given by well-meaning friends are just not the same, pretty or quirky though they might be.

But - have you seen the price? 😯

Me too. Mine fulfils its purpose perfectly, but its pattern is faded and it is chipped. It was a leaving gift from a very special pupil. Now on its last legs, I shall be sad when it has to go.

I get it, I really do! I have a favourite mug, well a couple, but a very special one was gifted to me by the daughter of my late neighbour when they were clearing out her home after she died. She always served my tea/coffee in this particular mug.

Thanks for the suggestions but I’ve decided to let her RIP in landfill or maybe another adventure awaits via the recycling centre.

She may one day meet up with Aunt Marjie’s Pyrex casserole dish! 😂

I knocked my favourite coffee mug off the side of the bath and it shattered on the tiled
floor.Heartbroken! I bought it from the V&A museum 20 plus years ago.The pattern had faded with years in the dishwasher but it was my perfect morning coffee mug.Ive yet to see one I like as much.

Aw, what a dear friend! ❤️ I’d had the same thought of using as drainage in pots, then you’d be keeping it close.

I’ve used the same cereal bowl for about 50 years, the last remaining piece of a 70’s set. It’s ugly to today’s eyes, brown on porridge colours, but it’s perfect for my daily cereal. I do have an alternative but it’s just not the same.

MissInterpreted

I have a favourite mug, but I'm not sure many GNetters would approve of it! It's my Irritable Owl Syndrome mug...

I approve 😁

What a eulogy Merlotgran 🤣you could hire yourself out and make a mint.
I have a favourite mug too, a beaten up large china mug with a tatty looking cat on it.

I have a favourite mug, but I'm not sure many GNetters would approve of it! It's my Irritable Owl Syndrome mug...

I don’t have a special mug and also I am what my old mum would call ‘cack handed’ inasmuch as many mugs and plates over the years have slipped through my hands and come to grief.
Am also prone to knock over mugs of tea/coffee, one of my daughters is the same.
Is it just us or do other people do this.

We’ve used bits of well-loved but broken mugs for drainage in the bottom of plant pots. It’s nice to see them when we’re repotting something!

Esmay I considered a mosaic too but remembered how much I loved finding pieces of old china/buttons etc in the soil.
Small joys for a future generation I felt.

I have a broken pottery ox which will be buried one day. It can't be mended but does hold significance here.
It was given my husband by my son-in-law when he married our daughter. My husband had jokingly asked (at their engagement) what he proposed to offer as "bride price" and my son in law said maybe 50 oxen?

This was one of them - handed over as part of his wedding speech. All different- one glass, a family group of china ones, two carved, one metal, one plastic an old lithograph another a painting... and a photo with a group on - all counted.

Happy day.

Could you not grow something in it or use it for a mini flower display?

A beautiful tribute to your mug .
If you are really sentimental about it - it could be turned into a mosaic .
I've smashed my mother's favourite mug and feel really sad about it .
At the moment it's in a plastic bag and I'm thinking about it

The design doesn't lend itself to being a mosaic .

Oh no poor little mug
I am so sorry for your loss merlotgran

It’s strange how important unlikely objects become. I have a small Old Hall teapot without which life would not be the same.

Like losing an old friend.

When you fell ready and not before, try and find another bone china mug. Clumpy pottery is no substitute even if it does extol your virtues.
Find a nice tasteful mug, just the right size with a tasteful floral or maybe even fruit pattern. You owe it to the memory of your old friend the pair of pears mug.

I have smashed and buried a favourite mug under my fig tree once it was unsafe to use.
Many happy memories with my old mug.

Aw, poor little mug! Who will take your place?!