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Janet's Hidden Animal Mug
Janet's Hidden Animal Mug
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Janet's Hidden Animal Mug
Handmade in Seagrove, North Carolina · Final Collection
A stoneware mug with a small ceramic animal sitting at the bottom — sculpted by hand, joined while the clay is still wet, and fired in as part of the cup. You don't see it until you've finished your coffee.
Janet Pruitt has been making these in a converted garage since 1995. She throws every mug, sculpts every animal, glazes and fires them herself. The first one was a penguin, made for a five-year-old grandson who wouldn't finish his cocoa. He drank the whole cup to see it, then did it again the next morning.
Twelve years later, most of the people ordering them are in their sixties.
"There's something about getting to the bottom and having somebody there."
— Janet PruittWhy these are different
- Sculpted in, not glued in. Each animal is modeled by hand in the same clay as the mug and joined before firing — not a decal, not a plastic figure set into a finished cup.
- Faces cut one at a time. Eyes and mouth are cut under a lamp with a needle tool. A sixteenth of an inch changes the whole expression.
- Real kiln-fired stoneware. Vitrified at high temperature — heavy in the hand, holds heat, and keeps its glaze for decades.
- No two identical. Same shape every time, but glaze and figure come out of each firing slightly different. Yours won't match anyone else's exactly.
- Built for daily use. Dishwasher and microwave safe. This is a cup for every morning, not a cabinet piece.
- Three designs. Cat (several poses), penguin, and seal
Why this is the last collection
Janet's kiln has been in the corner of the garage since 1995. Elements, relays and controller stopped being made years ago. Last winter she tracked down the final set of parts anyone had left — and that set can be counted.
Every mug goes through the kiln twice. The last elements will carry roughly 28 firings: 14 finished loads, about 45 mugs each.
"A new kiln runs about eleven thousand dollars. I'm sixty-seven. I'm not buying a machine I won't wear out."
— Janet PruittDetails
| Material | Kiln-fired stoneware, food-safe glaze |
|---|---|
| Capacity | Approx. 12 oz (350 ml) |
| Designs | Cat, penguin, seal |
| Care | Dishwasher and microwave safe |
| Made by | Janet Pruitt, Seagrove, North Carolina |
| Availability | Final collection — approx. 600 pieces total |
Use it every morning for a month. If it isn't the cup you reach for, send it back — full refund, no questions.
The Last Batch
The Last Batch
This is the final batch Janet will ever make. After years of working with ceramics, he's retiring for good — once these are gone, there won't be any more.
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How is it made?
How is it made?
Each speaker is wrapped in wood and hand-finished by Ray in his workshop. He sands it, oils it, rubs it out by hand, the same way he finished furniture for forty years.