Saint Uze Mug

From Saint-Uze, the village in the Drôme where the Revol family set up their pottery works in 1800, this little mug carries the cobalt flowers the place became famous for. It is molded in soft scalloped panels at the rim and foot, with a spray of blue blossom on each side and a small loop handle touched in blue. The blue transfer patterns known as the Bleus de Saint-Uze were added to the village’s wares from the 1870s on, and turned up on everything from great soup tureens to small pieces like this one. Sylvie fills it with sugar cubes and sets it beside the coffee pot.

 

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