Why do vintage mugs have concave bottoms? - Collecting Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Wed, Nov 8, 2006 8:57 AM On 2006-11-07 23:36, Hiphipahula wrote: see there ya go! Squid is so smart right on brah!! but ... why don't they make them that way anymore??,,,, light up, contemplate this a while..... 8) The deep concave is only needed for mugs that are used in a bar. If it's a mug for collectors, they don't care how much liquid it holds. A restaurant will demand that the mug hold a certain number of ounces. So, a concave bottom is required only to compensate for a mug design that would hold too many ounces for what goes in it. If you have a bar and you give a design for a Mai Tai mug to Holden and squid sculpts the design and we find that it holds 11 ounces, you have him put a concave bottom on it so that it only holds 8 ounces.

On 2006-11-07 23:36, Hiphipahula wrote:
see there ya go! Squid is so smart right on brah!! but ... why don't they make them that way anymore??,,,, light up, contemplate this a while..... 8)

The deep concave is only needed for mugs that are used in a bar. If it's a mug for collectors, they don't care how much liquid it holds. A restaurant will demand that the mug hold a certain number of ounces. So, a concave bottom is required only to compensate for a mug design that would hold too many ounces for what goes in it. If you have a bar and you give a design for a Mai Tai mug to Holden and squid sculpts the design and we find that it holds 11 ounces, you have him put a concave bottom on it so that it only holds 8 ounces.

Post #265229 by Swanky on Wed, Nov 8, 2006 8:57 AM