A porcelain mug carrying one of Helen B's tender line drawings, made for the first coffee of the day. The black line sits on an off-white glaze, and nothing else is happening on it.
It is the mug we reach for before we are ready to talk to anyone. Small enough that the coffee stays hot to the last mouthful.
Helen B's drawing is applied as a ceramic transfer and fired in Belgium by Mirto, a sheltered workshop in Ghent that also packs and ships every order. The runs are kept small on purpose.
220 ml is a proper morning cup rather than a mug of lukewarm tea. We keep ours at the front of the shelf.