SHAPES - BONE CHINA MUGS, TANKARDS, LOVING CUPS, etc.
Of the 30-40 different shapes that we use, the fine bone china mug shapes that we ourselves use most frequently are shown below. Of these, we find the most popular to be the Balmoral, Lyric and Topaz. We list below their dimensions and the sizes of our design templates so that you can draft up a rough sketch of your desired layout, or if you wish you can put together your own design to submit to us. Please work to these templates as your working maximum.
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| Balmoral mug | Lyric mug | Topaz mug | Trent mug |
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| Marlborough mug | Opal mug | Rio mug | Emerald mug |
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| King mug | Duchess mug | Marquee mug | Loving Cup (2-hndl) |
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| RL mug | Tankard 1pint | Tankard ¾pint |
| Shape | Height (mm) | Top dia. | Btm.dia. | Capacity | Template |
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| Balmoral | 83 | 75 | 74 | Rectangle 210x75mm | |
| Lyric | 97 | 74 | 72 | Rectangle 204x88mm | |
| Topaz | 91 | 71 | 66 | Rectangle 192x78mm | |
| Trent | 109 | 79 | 70 | Rectangle 203x90mm | |
| Marlborough | 96 | 83 | 77 | Rectangle 215x78mm | |
| Opal | 102 | 76 | 70 | Rectangle 198x85mm | |
| Rio | 103 | 80 | 60 | Call us for advice | |
| Emerald | 98 | 80 | 54 | Call us for advice | |
| King | 101 | 76 | 61 | Call us for advice | |
| Duchess | 112 | 76 | 55 | Call us for advice | |
| Marquee | 108 | 86 | 59 | Call us for advice | |
| Loving Cup (2-H) | 85 | 79 | 80 | 2xRectangles 90x62mm | |
| Large Balmoral | 89 | 90 | 89 | Rectangle 250x82mm | |
| RL | 107 | 99 | 92 | Rectangle 268x96mm | |
| Tankard 1pint | 117 | 91 | 99 | Rectangle 244x88mm | |
| Tankard ¾pint | 93 | 92 | 93 | Rectangle 243x68mm | |
Points to bear in mind when designing: 1. The Face of the mug is to the RIGHT of your rectangle template, and the Back is to the LEFT. 2. No pottery mugs are perfectly cylindrical (otherwise they wouldn't drop out of the moulds) so please talk with us if your design requires very exact dimensional accuracy, particularly if you include unbroken straight lines at top or bottom. We will usually be able to give you a high-accuracy template, or we can make any essential conversion for you. Maybe we might even try to persuade you to adopt an approach which is more practical from our point of view . . . !!!!!! We're friendly folk . . . 3. Likewise, please let us know if you wish to use Rio, Emerald, King, Duchess, Marquee or RL shapes so that we can provide you with the most suitable template for your particular design. |
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