Collection — mugs and cups
Mugs and Cups
A carefully curated collection of mugs and cups for drinking your good stuff.
Katie Lebel Warm Compassion Cup
I once knew a woman named Katie who gave me a mug. Not just any mug—a vessel of such aggressive warmth that I felt obligated to drink from it while sitting in a therapist's office, which seemed redundant. This cup, bearing her name and presumably her philosophy, arrives in your life with the kind of gentle insistence of a well-meaning relative who's read one self-help book and won't stop talking about it. It's ceramic, which means it breaks if you're clumsy, and it holds liquid, which is what cups do. The "warm compassion" part is harder to quantify. I assume it works best when you're holding something hot—coffee, tea, or perhaps the realization that you've spent money on a mug with an aspirational name. There's something oddly French about that, isn't there? Naming inanimate objects as though they might develop feelings if we're kind enough to them. Whether you're the sort of person who needs a cup to remind you to be compassionate, or you're simply drawn to the idea of drinking from something that sounds like it was designed by someone who attended a very expensive wellness retreat, this is the mug for you. It sits on your shelf or in your hand, doing exactly what it was made to do, which is more than most of us can say about ourselves.
Mizu Kiri Pitcher
Inspired by the Japanese art of stone skipping—that delightful moment when a flat rock performs its aquatic ballet before surrendering to the depths—this pitcher captures something rather magical. The ripples that follow, those gentle concentric circles catching light like tiny miracles, are what drew us here. We've bottled that same sense of wonder, that peculiar joy found in simple physics and water's infinite patience, into a collection that transforms an ordinary table into something quietly extraordinary. It's the kind of thing that makes you pause mid-meal and think, "Well, isn't that nice?"
Grandpa Teacups
In the POLSPOTTEN family of things, Grandpa is the one who loves to juggle. His age may make him jittery, not a drop is spilled. Here’s a sophisticated gentleman who walzes through life and pours love into each moment of the day. You’ll often find him dancing with a string of doting relatives in his wake. The cups and saucers he spurred may be made of the same precious porcelain, nobody can match Grandpa’s golden top. In tearooms, suites and pantries around the world, he may be greeted as the grandest of old friends. But for us, he’s just Grandpa.
Grandpa Bowls Set of Four
In the POLSPOTTEN family of things, Grandpa is the one who loves to juggle. His age may make him jittery, not a drop is spilled. Here’s a sophisticated gentleman who walzes through life and pours love into each moment of the day. You’ll often find him dancing with a string of doting relatives in his wake. The cups and saucers he spurred may be made of the same precious porcelain, nobody can match Grandpa’s golden top. In tearooms, suites and pantries around the world, he may be greeted as the grandest of old friends. But for us, he’s just Grandpa.