Testimonials

"In our first seven years we only sold about 100 mugs - 50 of which were for a wedding, the rest to guests. This spring we decided to start serving coffee in the mugs and using them on the breakfast tables... We have sold 65 so far this summer, and are now placing another 100 piece order for the autumn!!!"

Doug Sawyer
Lilac Inn – Brandon, VT

"We have been using Deneen Pottery mugs in our retail cafe and espresso bar for over 5 years. We continue to be amazed with the mugs durability. Yes, the mugs will break when dropped on a cement floor but we see very few if any chips or breaks from normal use and industrial washing. We love the mugs and the seemingly endless color and design options. Service and quality differentiate us from our competition. It's great to work with folks who have similar focus."

Samuel W. Neff
S. Clyde Weaver - Smoked Meats and Cheese – Lancaster County, PA

"One of these freekers (handmade mugs) dropped from my kitchen sink to my tiled floor. I'm watching it fall, thinking - 'oh, my lord'. Then it bounced, rolled over, landed on its side and was fine, just like a spacecraft on re-entry! Not a single mark on it - These are tough bunnies (handmade mugs)."

Patti Wiles
Cumberland Falls B&B – Asheville, NC

"Getting 2 colors is the BEST idea! Everyone wants one of each! I couldn't decide on one, and now I love both colors, too!"

Ruth Zaharek
Hearthstone Inn & Suites – Cedarville, OH

"Our first order arrived in January of 2007 and sat quietly on the shelves - until graduation last week. One department bought 8 for gifts to their senoirs, and a bunch more just flew out the door! I am happy to be placing a re-order!"

Heidi Ellingboe
Clarke College – Dubuque, IA

"The folks at Deneen Pottery did an awesome job on my latest order! Everyone that comes into my bakery loves to look at my handmade mugs... and many take them home."

Angela Anderson
New Glarus Bakery – New Glarus, WI

"Price was an initial concern, as your stoneware is a higher price point, but the quality far exceeds what I have found with other companies... Your products fit a niche and sold well for me, and I am now happily reordering for our event this year!"

Myrt Manders
Clay County Fair – Spencer, IA

"You make such a great product! Your handmade mugs are so durable, I love the fact that I don't have to worry about our school seal wearing off. I am down to only 3 from my first order - so they are selling very well!"

Mary Broll
Amherst College – Amherst, MA

"We love our new handmade mugs. I sold 2 before I even finished unpacking them."

Patricia Fischbeck
The Speckled Hen Inn – Madison, WI

"Our first order of handmade mugs have arrived safe and sound. Everyone I have showed them to loves them - Thank you! Our head of school loved them so much that he ordered one of each color for each of our 21 trustees – so in one hour, 44 of our 50 were sold. Look for a reorder very soon!"

Julia Brennan
Kimball Union Academy – Meriden, NH

"We were VERY pleased with our batch of handmade AT&T mugs, coasters and key fobs. They are selling well, which isn't a surprise, because of their high quality. Your products are like none other out there!!!"

Ken Schaper
The Pioneer Shoppe – One AT&T Center Lobby

"I have never broken, or even chipped a single handmade mug from Deneen Pottery. My mom, who can be my toughest critic, loves my B&B's mugs and drinks her tea from one every morning. Not often does she tell me that I am doing things right - but my handmade Deneen Pottery mugs are one of those things."

Gail Wichers
A Wicher Garden B&B – Auburn, NY

"We ordered your beautiful handmade mugs as a thank you gift for our customers; we design & manufacture custom plastic gears in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. I called one of the recipients of the mugs to make sure it arrived safely in San Francisco; she said it did and it reminder her of a B&B that she and her husband had stayed in while visiting Stillwater, Minnesota. The quality of your craftsmanship is recognizable! Thank you; artisans like you are rare now a days."

Dawn Richter
Kleiss Gears – Grantsburg, WI

"Our Bed & Breakfast Inn has a library that evolved into a gift shop. We added Deneen Pottery mugs in several colors; we use them at the breakfast table with our china and guests love them and BUY them. They are our number one seller from the gift shop! Some of their comments are: these are so comfortable and keep the coffee so nice and hot that we have to have a pair..."

Jim & Patricia Irvin
Colonel Taylor Inn B&B and Gift Shop – Cambridge, OH

"One Christmas season I gave all guests an ornament from Cloth & Clay with the Goose & Turrets logo. One guest, a young lady from Australia, began to cry, flung her arms around my neck, and said, 'You are just so sweet, that's the only present I've gotten this Christmas.' I will never forget that experience nor that Deneen Pottery was a part of it."

Raymond & Emily Hoche-Mong
Goose & Turrets B&B – Montara, CA

"Our story is that on the very first day that our new handmade mugs were put into service we sold two sets. A couple staying with us having a romantic unstress-the-lady retreat bought both mugs and lids. Since then sales have continued, and we will need more mugs soon, but I'll never forget that nice couple and our first mug sale."

Sheila Oranch
Coppertoppe Inn & Retreat Center –Hebron, NH

"It's not a question of whether the mugs are nice, because clearly they are... Really it's a question of, 'Can you get a return on them?' I can easily say that you CAN, since our first order on December of 2004 we have reordered 5 times."

Tammy Charlesworth
Creekside Inn – Sedona, AZ

"Niles, you were absolutely right. The day we put our Handmade Mugs out on the tables for breakfast, they started selling like hotcakes! I had resisted, worried about breakage and pilferage. But to the best of my knowledge, in two months, we have not lost a single mug. We barely have enough left now to put out for breakfast, so please rush our next shipment to us!"

Kind Regards, David Lieberman - Proprietor
Elk Cove Inn and Spa – Elk, CA

"For the first 4 years we only carried two colors of mugs; hunter and navy. We would sell about 50 mugs per year and that was great. When we started adding new colors like light dijon, sky blue we noticed that our mug sales doubled to 100 per year. Our current customers kept buying the new colors and now have a collection of our mugs. We hear them say, 'oh this is a new color, I will have to buy a new mug'."

Cheri Rojek
Heartstone Inn – Eureka Springs, AR

“We have a traditional B&B on Cape Cod, and we like traditional things...such as great customer service! Everyone we've dealt with at [Deneen Pottery] has been courteous and helpful - I love your follow-up calls after a delivery. The ordering process is straight forward and simple. We have sold a ton of these hand crafted mugs to our guests, everybody comments on them. They're unique and personal, and you have made us feel that we have a unique and personal relationship with your company.”
Keep up the good work!

Best Regards, Stu and Charlotte Fyfe
Candleberry – Brewster, MA