Every Mug Has a Provenance
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Alfred Stieglitz: Winter, Fifth Avenue, 1893 – Porcelain Art Mug
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Attributed to Félix Thiollier: Lady and Horse in the Snow, 1899 – Art Mug
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Francisco Tamagno: Chamonix Ski Jumpers, 1900 – Porcelain Art Mug
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An Art Historian's Eye, Not an Algorithm
Dr. Walther Fuchs holds a doctorate from the University of Zurich and has spent three decades researching art, history, and culture. Every mug in this collection passes five exacting tests before it earns a place on your table.
The Collections
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Vintage Christmas Mugs: Art, History & Nostalgia
Christmas in art history is not one image but many — the...
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Icons of Art
The works most people can already picture, and a few they should...
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Animals & Nature
Animals have been in art since the caves at Lascaux. What changes...
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Sky & Cosmos: Historical Star Charts
Long before anyone had been up there, the sky was mapped anyway...
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Landmark Images
Every mug in this shop carries an image with a documented source....
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Pioneers & Explorers
They went first, and mostly without an audience. Orville Wright twelve seconds...
Stories
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The Man on the Nose
On 21 February 1927 a Swiss seaplane came down off Cape Town after seventy-seven days in the air. The young man standing on its nose was my grandfather.
The Man on the Nose
On 21 February 1927 a Swiss seaplane came down off Cape Town after seventy-seven days in the air. The young man standing on its nose was my grandfather.
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Nix et Glacies: The Oldest Snowball Fight in Eu...
Around 1390 a Lombard workshop was illustrating a Latin health handbook. When it reached the entry for snow and ice, the painter did not draw a doctrine. He painted two...
Nix et Glacies: The Oldest Snowball Fight in Eu...
Around 1390 a Lombard workshop was illustrating a Latin health handbook. When it reached the entry for snow and ice, the painter did not draw a doctrine. He painted two...
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The Notice That Was Missing a Name
In June 1930 the Cleveland Museum of Art printed Georgia O'Keeffe's White Flower under a copyright notice of three words and no name. What is missing from that line decides...
The Notice That Was Missing a Name
In June 1930 the Cleveland Museum of Art printed Georgia O'Keeffe's White Flower under a copyright notice of three words and no name. What is missing from that line decides...
