and companies looking for handmade mugs and cups, corporate giveaways, and collectible items. Stoneware Pottery was formerly owned and run by Clemens Wirth, a master ceramic craftsman from Germany.

THE SECRET GOES WELL BEYOND THE POTTERY. STONEWARE COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, AND WHAT’S KEPT THEM GOING IS STONEWARE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

ST PAUL, Minnesota — Not only do many hands make light work, many hands make each mug at Deneen Pottery one of a kind. "Everything tastes better out of a mug made by hand," said Niles Deneen ...