Glosters Pottery Drinks Tumbler - Locally Handmade Stoneware Ceramics

A beautifully tactile ceramic drinks tumbler by Glosters Pottery, handmade and glazed locally here in Porthmadog. The perfect sized drinks tumbler for cold drinks, squash, or your favourite summer cocktail or mocktail with ice. With a gorgeous half fluid drippy glaze on the outside and fully glazed within, each ceramic tumbler is unique and tactile, feeling lovely to hold in your hand while you savour every sip. Choose from the stunning range of Glosters glaze colours at Babipur, to suit your mood or the season, or a special tumbler for everyone in the household.

Handcrafted just a stone’s throw away from Babipur Towers, the Glosters Tumbler is a testament to craftsmanship and attention to detail. Tom and the small Glosters team use clay and glaze sourced from Stoke on Trent to carefully craft each cup, making every one a unique piece of local Welsh art.

This drinks tumbler is made from durable stoneware clay, and is food, dishwasher, and microwave safe.

Features

• Microwave, dishwasher, and food safe
• Handmade in Wales, UK

Size: 9cm x 8.5cm, holds approx. 280ml

Key product ethics: Supporting a small local business in North Wales creating unique handcrafted designs. The clay and glazes used are sourced from Stoke on Trent, the traditional home of the UK ceramics industry. 

Glosters Pottery was founded by wife and husband duo, Myfanwy and Tom Gloster, and is a manifestation of their creativity and passion for designer pottery. Known in Porthmadog for their eccentric and beautiful seasonal window displays, the couple take inspiration from their gorgeous seaside surroundings to create their unique ceramics. As a photographer, blogger, and business co-owner, Myfanwy has succeeded in gaining a cult following of mug and pottery lovers, both locally and beyond.

Tom started out as a potter in 2004 after studying Applied Arts at the University of Derby. Today Tom is a well established and renowned potter, well known throughout Wales and beyond. Glosters are known for their contemporary range of kitchenware and pots, they regularly receive commissions from restaurants and even TV chefs! Each item of Tom's pottery is made by him completely by hand, it starts its life as a lump of clay on his wheel, and is fired, glazed and finished in the Glosters workshop.