Marsh Tit | My Portmeirion Collection

There are Portmeirion mugs in many shapes and sizes

Here are the breakfast mugs:

They are the Bearded Tit, the Redpoll, the Robin, the Sedge Warbler, the Goldfinch and the Blue Tit. On the backside of the mugs are the same unnamed birds as on the egg cups:

Besides the breakfast mugs there are the 4 inch straight sided mugs:

Here are the Goldfinch, the Redpoll, the Blue Tit, the Sedge Warbler, the Linnet and the Robin.

On the back either the unnamed birds or smaller sized pictures of the usual birds, such as the Marsh Tit.

These are the Birds of America, a set of four, also occurring on plates. This is the Bobwhite Quail:

the Ruffed Grouse

the Pintail

and the Mallard

The Birds of America mugs had a feather on the backside

Birds of Britain also had bell beakers:

Here are the Greenfinch, the Great Tit, the Blue Tit, the Redpoll and the Goldfinch. On the backside the unnamed birds:

This is the only Delft Mug in my collection, with the Goldfinch

The new Botanic Birds range also has large 4 inch mugs: The Scarlet Tanager, Lesser Goldfinch, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Chickadee, Western Bluebird and Baltimore Oriole:

With their extra flower on the inside they really look great!

The Birds of Britain range was launched in 1977. The illustrations are from The Natural History of Britain by Edward Donovan, 1794.This is the small teapot with six cups:

On the tea pot is the Bullfinch, the cups have the Redpoll, the Goldfinch, the Blue Tit, the Redstart, the Robin and the Willow Warbler. Here is the same set seen from the other side:

On the tea pot the Nightingale, on the cups the Linnet, the Greenfinch, the Bearded Tit, the Sedge Warbler, the Great Tit and the Marsh Tit. The larger cups have the same birds:

The bird on the tea pot is the Hoopoo. The Roller is on the other side ot the teapot:

A sugar and cream set completes the teasets. You can see the Tree Creeper, the Willow Warbler and the Goldcrest on the sugarbowls. The jug has the Bearded Tit and the Blue Tit.