Product Description
Enjoy your favorite hot or cold beverages with this 18-ounce Colonial Williamsburg Stoneware Tavern Mug! An indispensable part of tavern life, stoneware mugs with cobalt blue designs were common vessels for beer and ale in the 18th century. This design was inspired by a salt-glazed stoneware tankard excavated at the Anthony Hay House site.
Features
- White and cobalt blue stoneware mug inspired by a stoneware tankard found in Williamsburg
- 18 oz. capacity
- Measures approximately 4.75" tall and 3.75" in diameter
- Dishwasher and microwave safe
- A Colonial Williamsburg retail shops exclusive!
- Imported
Inspiration
Incised designs colored with blue cobalt blue were a style developed in the Rhineland during the late 16th century. Throughout the colonial period, this style was the standard for tavernware in England and its colonies.
This reproduction Stoneware Tavern Mug would have been a common sight in 18th-century taverns. Inexpensive mugs like this served up beer and cider to the masses. Archaeological digs in Williamsburg uncovered a high concentration of stoneware shards at former tavern locations, including one that inspired this mug.
