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Things Could Be Worse Mugs

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A beautiful, high quality, Polish-made, porcelain reminder that things could be worse.

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Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
Dinner for 8: With Insects
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Dinner for 8: With Insects

$ 562.00$ 658.00
Dinner plate design options: Series 1 and 2

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◄Description
Calamityware porcelain place settings for 8 dinner guests in a discounted bundle. Each dinner plate features a different calamity from Don Moyer's sketchbook—please specify which Series of designs you want before adding to cart. The mugs are identical but depict a plethora of calamities.

There are two options for the shallow bowls and small plates: Insects (this bundle) or Calamities (click here to switch to the calamities bundle).

This 32-piece bundle contains:
  • 8 different Dinner Plates: choose a combination of Series 1, Series 2, or Series 3 (specify the combination of designs you prefer before adding to cart)
  • 8 identical classic 12-ounce Things-Could-Be-Worse Mugs
  • 8 Fly Shallow Bowls (2 sets of 4 unique designs)
  • 8 Ant Small Plates (2 sets of 4 unique designs)

◄Dimensions & More
  • Dinner Plate: 10.5" diameter (26.5 cm)
  • Mug: 4"H (10 cm), 12-ounce (355 mL) capacity to the tippy top
  • Shallow Bowl: 8.75" diameter (22 cm), 8-ounce (237 mL) capacity
  • Small Plate: 8.25" diameter (21 cm)
  • Rich blue images on white porcelain.
  • Designed by Don Moyer.
  • Produced using the in-glaze decoration process. That means the image is slightly melted into the surface like the fine porcelain you see in museums.
  • Remember, all Calamityware plate designs are different—different borders, different images, and sometimes slightly different blues because the plates were fired at different times. They will look good together on your table or wall, but they won't be identical.
  • Made at the award-winning Kristoff porcelain workshop in Poland.
◄Care
  • Food safe.
  • Microwave safe.
  • Dishwasher safe.
  • Porcelain is both delicate and durable. We think you’ll enjoy Don’s blog about caring for your new treasures.
◄Shipping & Returns

Shipping Information:

We offer a variety of different shipping options so you can choose what works best for your order. Cost and delivery times will be calculated at checkout. All shipping times are estimates and are not guaranteed. We offer free U.S. shipping on orders over $200 (automatically applied at checkout, we pick the shipping method).

 

Shipping & Return Policies:

Click here to find shipping and return policies. Questions? Email us at Robot@calamityware.com.

Where it's made

These porcelain pieces are fired at the Kristoff workshop in Valbrich, Poland, one of the oldest and grandest porcelain workshops in the world. Kristoff has been making porcelain since 1831 and its work can be found in museums and in the palaces of royalty. Our porcelain designs are in-glaze, which means slightly melted into the surface of the piece, to ensure a beautiful crisp image for years to come. Photo by Porcelana Krzysztof Sp. z o.o.

Who we are

Calamityware is a tiny, five-person, one-dog company headquartered in Pittsburgh. We love bringing the darkly whimsical view of our founder and chief monster-maker, Don Moyer, to life. Our products are high quality, meticulously manufactured items that make wonderful gifts for you and other weird-adjacent people in your life. Our goal is to make you smile.

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Elaine
nostalgia

My uncle passed away the day before Thanksgiving, from Covid. This bumped me to family Matriarch and inheritor of the Civil War era dining set, including a huge china cabinet. I have pieces from both sides of my family, and as I cleaned and arranged the china and crystal, I had two shelves left. I had never bought a full matching dinner service, and while the top shelves were my maternal great grandparents on down, the bottom two shelves were my paternal side, I wanted a pair of shelves that expressed who I was for future generations. As both of my families had some blue willow patterned pieces, this was Freaking Perfect. Traditional, but also strongly expressing who I am. Makes me happy every time I see them!

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Kathy S.
Best dish ware eve

I love my new dishes. It’s the best thing to come out of 2020 for me. Each piece brings a smile or chuckle as I scan it. I will be adding accessory pieces as I can. What an absolute delight to have found this unique company. Thank you so much

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Narayani H.
Disasters for everyday

I love these dishes! They came very quickly and were extremely well packed. It's such fun to pick which calamity to eat off of each meal. The kids enjoy finding all the little details included in the different designs and quite enjoy the flies and ants on the small plates and shallow bowls. I didn't think I would use the shallow bowls much, but it turns out they are some of the ones I use the most. A very versatile dish! These dishes have a nice heft in the hand and look lovely on the table. They are great, well-made dishes and I'm looking forward to any new lines that come out from this maker. They have a traditional Willow ware look with just the right amount of macabre quirkiness. We enjoy seeing which of our guests is observant enough to comment on the designs. Overall, very satisfied with our purchase and would recommend them to anyone looking for something a little bit "odd."

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Steve B.
Worth it

The dishes were well-packed and came without any flaws. Each of the plates in the series is different, with various disasters well represented. From a distance they look like your normal blue willowware, so you'll get reactions as people look more closely. The other items are more obvious, with ants / flies infesting the bottoms of bowls. These are great conversation items for small dinner parties.

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Lisa
Fun!

I got a set for Christmas and I love it!
The mugs are great because it has so many of the scenes.
Each dish has a great image. But I'm favorite is the small plate with the ants!
Thank you!

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Karen
awesome

Arrived as terrifying as I feared!! Very well packed with no issues. I love the detail of all of the items. Everyone who has seen them has been quite impressed.

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Suzanne
terrifying and lovely!

A beautiful set arrived quickly and well-packaged to survive the trip. Love them!

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