August 22, 2007...4:57 am
My favourite cup…
HAS ANYONE SEEN A CUP LIKE THIS?
(click above link for slideshow of my cup)
This is/WAS my favourite cup. It’s a silly cup with pictures of border collies on it. I don’t have border collies, I have regular collie dogs, but I love this cup so much. I am heartbroken that IT is broken. I knocked it off the railing out in the front garden yesterday and it went falling to it’s demise onto some paving stones. Actually, I’m surprised it only broke into a few pieces rather than shatter into hundreds because it must have fallen at least 10 feet onto the stone. But it’s over - my and cup and I.
I taped it together just so I could take its picture. That brown shadow is not a stain in the cup, it’s just a shadow from the flash.
I’m appealing to anyone who lives in the UK or who is travelling in North Yorkshire, maybe Thirsk, to let me know if you ever run across a cup like this one. I would love to replace it, but I just can’t remember exactly where I bought it. Somehow I think it was in a Five & Dime type shop on the main market street in Thirsk, right behind the post-office, next to or in the area of the good bookshop. But I can’t be sure. So if you do run across a cup like this in your travels… pick one up for me and I will compensate you for your trouble. I know now that I should have gotten more than just one.
That’s it for now. I have so much work to type today so I need to get at it. We will see Paul’s cousin, J, tomorrow. She is coming here with his folks for homemade pizzas. Paul hasn’t seen her probably since he was a teenager! She is up here (from Florida) taking a class for work and we are looking forward to our get-together.
Cheers,
Bex
12 Comments
August 22, 2007 at 5:27 am
I would love to take a trip and try and find it for you
To bad it broke up…I have lost some cups the same way..
August 22, 2007 at 5:53 am
Oh, that is a shame, Bex… it does look like a mug that’d be easy to love. I have no plans to visit Thirsk just now but I will keep an eye open for you. I take it you’ve tried eBay etc?
August 22, 2007 at 6:55 am
I know just how you feel. I have a lot of coffee mugs that I am fond of but I had a souvenir mug from the British Museum that had worked its way into becoming my favorite for drinking coffee here at my computer. It got knocked off a kitchen counter and broke when it hit the floor. My consolation was that since Nancy and I are planning to visit London in 2009, I will eventually be able to find a replacement. Perhaps if those of us who read Crow Cottage keep our eyes open as we travel about, one of us might spy that particular design. I Googled “Border Collie coffee mug” and found an incredible number of such items but in a quick look I did not see one just like your. It might, however, be worth your time to browse through some of those sites.
August 22, 2007 at 8:18 am
I hope you find it but just make sure it is not from China, done in lead paint or unglazed and not fit for drinking out of.
August 22, 2007 at 8:29 am
I should have looked on the bottom before! it says:
“SHEEPDOG
A design by Jane Brookshaw
Dunoon Stoneware
Made in Scotland”
Hmmm… a clue!
August 22, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Bex ! I think this is your mug on Ebay. Someone bought it. But you could contact the buyer and ask to buy it from them. Or the seller to see if they can get another one. They’re located in England. I’ll email you as well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SHEEPDOG-BY-JANE-BROOKSHAW-A-DUNOON-STONEWARE-MUG_W0QQitemZ250138506587QQihZ015QQcategoryZ97024QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Sandy
August 23, 2007 at 4:55 am
Yes, that IS the mug! I went to the website of Jane Brookshaw, sent her an email with my tale of woe, and she is working on getting me one of these mugs - or two. She wrote back right away and wanted a picture of it since she says she’s made several sheepdog designs, and I sent her this blog page with the slideshow! Thanks for helping me out, Sandy.
August 23, 2007 at 7:21 am
Hi Bex that is great news! I’m really happy you’re getting another mug ! It’s a pretty design. Have a great day.
Sandy in Chicago
August 23, 2007 at 7:22 am
oh wow, such a lovely end to the story! It’s so horrible losing a much loved mug. I have one in my press that the handle broke off - I glued it back together and just hold it by the main body of the mug now. A little awkward, but I just couldn’t part with it, you know the feeling!
August 24, 2007 at 12:50 pm
So *Glad* you found the lady who makes them!!
I know how heartwrenching it is to break one’s favorite cup. I super-glued mine after dropping it on a tile floor. It’s stoneware, cream-coloured and shaped somewhat like a nuclear-reactor cooling tower…lol! (wider at the top and bottom than it is in the middle)
September 1, 2007 at 6:39 am
It’s really sad about your cup, Bex. I had a favourite go missing 3 months after I started my present job and I still miss it. I am almost up for long service leave after 10 years. Yes, I should let go but …
I hope someone finds one for you.
September 1, 2007 at 6:54 am
So glad you are going to get a cup. If my husband had yours he’d super glue it together, but no more drinking from it would occur.
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