........ and 90% of everything we make.
The standard "Wycombe Rhino Coated" mug has a capacity of 330ml, height of 92mm, diameter 80mm and circumference 259mm, weight around 295g. It is sometimes called an 11oz mug because it holds 11oz of liquid rather than weighs 11oz - with 259 grams being roughly ten and a half ounces.
And within the Duraglaze range we can also offer “Two Tone” mugs with a coloured inner and handle as well as the "Two Tone Rim and Handle" style where the rim but not the inside is coloured.
These come in at just £1-00 more than that of the standard base price mug – with a choice of 15 colours in the range:
Red, Antique Pink, Orange, Bordeaux Red (Burgundy), Mid Blue aka Cambridge Blue, Light Blue, Cobalt Blue, Puple, Teal, Gray, Bright Yellow, Light Green aka Lime, Green aka Forest Green, & Black.
Based on the Classic "Durham" shape, they are all earthenware products popular with Clubs, businesses and as promotions. In fact a "Durham" is the basic "go to" product of the mug industry.
We also have a really nice Porcelain China mug (which we call a "Sandhurst") sold by us at £4-25.
The Sandhurst is a Porcelain China mug which is also Rhino Coated. It has a capacity of 280ml, a weight of approx 266 grams. It's height is about 102mm and a diameter of 70mm / circumference 220mm of which we can print on around 165mm x 90mm height.
It is very much a general purpose mug and is certainly robust - but adds that touch of class that comes with a china product. Many say it is really nice to drink tea from.
This mug is not really suitable for printing with a "full sleeve" ... in other words with a solid colour from top to bottom. We do undertake it occasionally when asked, but the print near the lip and at the bottom can mottle a little - although customers have always appeared happy, we never feel it is the perfect finish.
This shows the contrast in size between the standard mug (left) and the Sandhurst Porcelain Mug which is 5mm taller, but with a smaller circumference by 4cm.
Confusingly our supplier calls our porcelain mug a "Windsor Rhino Coated", so that's what you will often see printed on the side of the box when it is delivered! However, we've always known this shape as a Sandhurst, so will continue to market it as such.
The standard mug is and always has been “dishwasher safe”, which really means that it is pretty good in the dishwasher and is resistant to wiping the design from the mug, though to a degree depends on what area you are in. In a soft water area like Herefordshire it performs much better than a hard water area like Hertfordshire. (If we follow the "My Fair Lady" song we really don't know whether the water is hard or soft in Hampshire !!!)
We do test our standard Wycombe Rhino Coated Mug with every pallet full that arrives and have domestically dish washed samples for years without any adverse effects - our normal test is 100 cycles of domestic washes.
Our picture below features the satellite areas around Manchester by art company Bug and Bee Creations and was test dish washed prior to taking this photograph..
