Classic Cornishware blue and white crockery always makes me think of… childhood holidays in St Ives… blocks of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between rectangular wafers… canary yellow custard and apple pie… an English breakfast with bacon and eggs…. what about you?
I have quite a collection of this stripey stuff now – my Grandma had a few pieces which I loved using as a child but I bought my own first few plates and mugs in a sale in Heals back in 1995. I am still using the same mugs today and they look as good as new.
Ten years ago, vintage Cornishware was becoming collectable and expensive so my eBay purchases were fairly limited – I picked up a jug and a vinegar dropper bottle. As the range started to be restocked more widely in places like John Lewis I added a pestle and mortar and utensil jar to my collection.
My favourite piece of Cornishware however is a slightly tatty and indeed cracked jar labelled “biscuits”. I paid £5 for it in Portobello Road market but had it been in better condition its value might easily have been £60.
With the popularity of scare vintage pieces, TG Green have more recently expanded the Cornishware range beyond the familiar blue and white stripes to pastel sets of mugs and versions in green or red as you see above.
I’m delighted today to share some of my favourite crockery with a reader. These “couple of mugs” pair of stripey mugs can each be inscribed with up to 12 characters – you can put the names of your nearest and dearest on them or else pick your favourite showbiz couple… Brad and Angelina anyone?!
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Tracy Nixon says
Why it would have to be a traditional Cornish Pasty of course! (without the VAT lol!)
Liz Almond says
Cream teas with clotted cream and jam!
Annaloa Hilmarsdottir says
The Coastal path, bays and beaches, magnificent!
Judith Brown says
Lovely sandy beaches, scones oozing with jam and clotted cream and scrumptious cornish pasties, heaven!
Judith Brown says
Lovely sandy beaches, scones oozing with jam and clotted cream and scrumptious cornish pasties, heaven!!
Molly Louise says
Seagulls, like those in ‘The Birds’, stealing your chips in St Ives harbour 🙂
Tracey Anne Berry says
Gorgeous yummy cream teas – with scones the size of your head filled with oodles n oodles of jam n cream mmmmmmmmmmm
Gillian Holmes says
These days Dawn French.
Pam says
Ice cream.
Lynne OConnor says
Beaches and childhood summer holidays
Zoe Corkhill (Mama Geek) says
I used to go to uni there so my university memories!
Rebecca Jayne Smith says
Cream teas
maggiemou says
Cornwall always brings to mind fantastic family summer holidays in our Sprite Alpine caravan – we used to stay at a campsite near Helston – idyllic 🙂
Christine Johnson says
Cornish ice cream, went to St Ives on holiday and never tasty ice cream as good
Pat R says
Scones with clotted cream…….yummy
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Sarah Lambert says
I used to go to Newque in cornwall when i was young on family holidays and still to this day i remeber those yummy ice creams what they sell so creamy yum yum xx
Anschel G says
Family holidays, breathtaking coastal scenery, fantastic surfing spots, & culinary delights.
Phyllis Ellett says
Headland Hotel, St Ives. Very posh, when we go to Cornwall, we always stay there. Oh to be treated like a King and Queen.
Linda Rumsey says
Seaside holidays and tin mines and Poldark!
Sarah C says
Cream teas, with lashings of clotted cream and strawberry jam! Yum!
Nancy Townsend says
My sister! – she lives there.
Rainie Bish says
Family holiday spent surfing
claudette says
rock pools fishing for shrimps
Michelle Hollingsbee says
Cornish Pasty 🙂
Stephanie Boulton says
Ice cream
Carolin says
It’s amazing coast line
Andrew Halliwell says
Surfing
Rebecca Austerberry says
I think surfing is synonymous with cornwall – reminds me of childhood holidays with my ma and pa!
Carolyn says
Pasties!
Neil Gregory says
Stone or ice cream
kristy brown says
Mmmmm Clotted Cream!!!!
gillian burden says
pasties
emma cella says
Cream teas with clotted cream and jam
Rikka B. says
Clotted cream
skdjfskadj says
The sea!
Karen Railton says
cornish pasties
Janice Papworth says
beautiful beaches
laura says
Scones with clotted cream and jam
Nia Wyn Roberts says
Ice cream!
tamalyn roberts says
a lovely cream tea
JENNIFER BAKER says
clotted cream/Ice cream… Mmmm!
Hannah Moody says
Yummy clotted cream! 🙂
Choclette says
Home. because Cornwall is my home.
Carolina J. says
Sea and Rick Stein.
Danielle Vedmore says
The blue sea, pasties and the scones! xoxo
Kelly Hockings says
cornish pasties and my yearly holidays as a kid with my family x
olivia kirby says
beaches, cream teas and pasties
Julie Thomas says
I love Cornwall – memories are of clotted cream (and lots of it please!) and of wonderful beaches. Fabulous holiday destination that I hope to visit again in 2012
fiona matthews says
just back from a holiday there so Cornwall to me was a great family place,beautiful beaches, lands end, fantastic weather,great food and the smiles on my childrens faces
Kirsty Fox says
Lovely ice cream
Hazel Christopher says
Pasties! 🙂
Ashleigh Allan says
definately cream teas!
JANE DALE-BEAUMONT says
Poldark, tin mines, beautiful countryside, fabulous beaches, Cornish ice cream, scones with jam and fresh Clotted cream.
Jane Townson says
Ice cream and nice weather.
Pauline Rendell says
Pasties!
melanie stirling says
cream teas!
helen rhoads says
rugged coastline and great beaches
mary chez says
Cream Teas and surfing
Galina says
Empty beaches, refreshing wind in the face, lovely Cornish tea with scones. Thank you! @maximka25
(If I may add: a lovely prize, I have two mugs from Cornishware and treasure them).
Dorothee Archambault says
Beautiful beaches!
@Dorothee77
Alison Thackray says
Sandy beaches
Debbie Walker says
Crantock cornish pasties, fresh mackeral, scone and clotted cream and that lovely thick espresso flavoured beer from the Spingo brewery, Helston its a knocker off one’s feet and never repeated elsewhere!
esther james says
Cream teas @esthermate
Laura Carroll says
Cream teas of course 🙂
Elaine Blackledge says
Pasties, cream teas, surfing and rain!
Diana Cotter says
Definitely cream teas, closely followed by surfing and in a distant third, my honeymoon.
julie kenny says
Cream teas with clotted cream and strawberry jam!
frances hopkins says
Definitively Cream teas and pasties
Jo Bryan says
So many things are Cornwall for me, maybe the place I got married would be my best association.
Cheryll H says
Pasty’s and surfing! 🙂 @pipersky1
helen says
cream teas
Amelia Tucker says
My holiday this summer! 🙂
Sally Hatton-Crowther says
Summer holidays and ice cream.
Neil Graham says
Surfing
Isabel O'Brien says
Camping and the sea. I used to go there to camp with my dad and sister when I was a girl.
Claire Smith says
Fantastic beaches.
Irene Maier says
friendly people, relaxed atmosphere, cottages
Alison Turner says
Cornish Piskies and Cornish Pasties 🙂
sharon griffin says
Cornish Pasties
iain maciver says
clotted cream
Tisha Mitchell-Goodson says
Gorgeous beaches :-)!!
elizabeth barker says
it has to be pasties!
Hannah says
Steep coastline and lovely beaches
laura banks says
clotted cream
claire woods says
Coastline.
Sandra Geddes says
Clotted cream! x
fiona Gray says
My Honeymoon. 🙂
siobhan marie says
ice cream cornish pasties and lovely eyecatching beaches x
Jeff Wolf says
Cornish pasties eaten on the coastal path
Sue McCarthy says
The coastline & countryside
Victoria leedham says
Beautiful beaches and blue sea
Maya Russell says
Cornish pasties.
Jennifer Schofield says
pasties
elaine stokes says
cream teas
Heather says
My brother because he lives there.
Suan Watts says
unforgetable holidays
Silvia Mariani says
Pasty
Christine Lockley says
Gorgeous beaches, surfers, cream teas
Hazel Rea says
Cream teas (and pasties)
Kevin Honey says
Cream Teas!
Martina Pichova says
The Eden Project
Penelope Jenkins says
Loving the mugs!
jackie curran says
the eden project
Nathalie Taylor says
Beautiful beaches and surfing
C Hui says
Pasties
Rebecca Murphy says
Cornishware, of course!
Naomi says
Pasties…obviously! Yum!
Julie Thomas says
I’ve found this rafflecopter has ‘jammed’ and isn’t allowing daily tweets – anyone else having this?
@milliepaw says
Clotted cream. Yum
Alien says
The beautiful coast
Ann Willers says
Wonderful scenery, pounding surf, rain, pasties and clotted cream!!!!
Helen Stratton says
Gorgeous creamy ice-cream.
Joanna Orr says
Pasties!
Cherryl Thomas says
Well…actually… young love!
valerie mccarthy says
Beautiful Rugged coastline
Danielle Woodman says
My home – I am so very lucky to live in this beautiful county.
Angela M - garden tea cakes and me says
Clotted Cream 🙂
Fran Light says
Beautiful beaches!
Laura says
Family holidays in Padstow! Star gazing on the beach, cream teas in the harbour and delicious food overlooking beautiful views.
Winnie says
seaside
Diane Carey says
Cornish pasties
Jan bagnall says
Glorious beaches
Virginie says
Cornish Ice cream !
Maggie Christie says
Cornish pasties!
Alien says
Eden project
Laura Pritchard says
Surfing!
Julie H says
Pasties and dramatic coastlines
Chris says
Pasties!
margaret scott says
I’ve never been to Cornwall but have always loved the Cornishware pottery since my Grandma had it when I was a child many, many years ago!
liz denial says
cream teas
Harpal Kaur says
Cream tea
Rachael Simmons says
Land’s End! 😀
kerry Locke says
Surfing and happy memories xxx
tracey horrex says
beautiful beaches and afternoon teas
Alisha D says
Cornish pasties 😀
Janice Davison says
Lost gardens of Heligan
Veronica brown says
Cream Teas
angela sandhu says
clotted cream-now i am hungry!!
HANNAH RACHEL WELSH says
Beautiful coastal views and amazing fish and chips!
Mia Thurlow says
Gorgeous beaches.
Gabriella Bull says
It’s got to be the stunning beaches and beautiful views 🙂
Claire says
Cornish Ice Cream is the first thing that springs to mind, yummy!
Tink Rhonda Lee Mse says
Cornish pasties!
Emily Nelson says
Beautiful long stretch beaches! And the Mouth watering Cornish pasties
anthony harrington says
Jamaica Inn on beautiful Bodmin Moor
Steve Dickinson says
Pasties !
Gill B says
Has to be pasties!!
Soosie says
Fabulous family holidays at St Ives.
Laura says
Cornish Pasties
Laura Costello says
cornish Ice cream!
Susanne Temlett says
Pasties
Susanne Temlett says
Tradional Cornish Pasties
Georgina Ball says
CLOTTED CREAM AND SCONES
Christina Field says
cream teas
FionaLynne Edwards says
St Michaels Mount
Victoria Boland says
cream teas
Sharon McGuinness says
I went to St Ives when I was eight
Travelling by train, it was great
The sandy beach and winding streets
Palm trees and ice cream treats
Lovely weather and the sea air
Cornish pasties sooo lovely to share
Hankering for a return stay
To reminisce of a childhood gone away
Rachel Blackburn says
happy holidays at Newquay!
Caroline H says
Ooh, ice cream, lots of ice cream!
Solange says
Ice cream
Sarah Cooper says
ice-cream
Mickie Bull says
Clotted cream
lorraine polley says
clotted cream
LESLEY RENSHAW says
PASTRIES
Mad minx says
Ice-cream
Jennifer Dyson says
clotted cream – yummy!
Peak Lee says
Cornish pasties
Jules says
Camel Valley wine!
Karen R says
Cornish Pasties
Yvonne Crook says
Surfing
katrina day-reilly says
surfing
Simon Thompson says
Ice Cream
Rebecca Woodroof says
The beach
Joanna Seymour says
It makes me think of summer days with blue skies with wisps of clouds, and playing on the beach with an old style block ice cream cone.
Elizabeth Smith says
CLOTTED CREAM
Christina says
Pasties and clotted cream
Kelly Hirst says
Clotted cream!
sarah clegg says
clotted cream mmmmmmmm 🙂
Jo Williams says
Cream Tea and surfing!
Greig spencer says
cornish pasties
Pete Thomas says
Cream tea and holidays in the rain 🙂
Emma Wolski says
The Eden Project!
Eleanor Jones says
Clotted cream 🙂
Dawn Chapman says
cream teas.
Eleanor Powell says
A cream tea with thick Cornish clotted cream
Kayleigh says
Clotted Cream
Hayley Todd says
I most associate scrummy Cornish Cream Teas with Cornwall – they are simply delicious!
andrea miles says
Pasties
Linda Hobbis says
I’m of Cornish ancestry so it’s in the blood – pasties, wreckers, Poldark, tin mines and clotted cream!
Rachael Donovan says
cornish pasties you can t get that taste any where else x
c tindale says
Pasties!
Emma Jackson says
Cream teas and pasties!
michelle moloney says
clotted cream
Kate Grimwood says
Pasties!
Carolyn Philip says
Cornish cheeses are fantastic!
Jill Ashton says
Daphne Du Maurier novels
Melissa Gazi says
Interesting town names!
chirag says
cornish pasties
Tiredmummy says
Ice cream!
Rach says
Cornish ice cream!
Janine Atkin says
sailing
jean D says
fruit scones with clotted cream and strawberries. mmmmmmm.
Zachary Hudson says
Pasties and ice cream
zoe calloway says
short bread thats what i think of when i think of cornwall
Michelle Rayner says
cream teas – delicious
rachel humphries says
It has to be clotted cream – I always try to bring some home or if someone I know is going get them to bring me some back – totally yummy mmmmm
Caroline says
Cream Teas
alex fowler says
all about the cream teas and pasties!
Nancy Bradford says
the seaside
nadia alex says
Cornish clotted cream
Ellen Stafford says
Cornish Pasties and lovely beaches
sue willshee says
Surfing!
Sheri Darby says
Beautiful scenery
Nikki Thomas says
Clotted cream, definitely
Sue Harrison says
Cream teas and beautiful beaches
SUSAN L HALL says
I would say sunshine … but this year may be not! but the beaches are beautiful no matter what the weather
Angie Hoggett says
seafood, beaches and clotted cream!
Laura Budd says
To me, Cornwall is all about the cream tea!
Tina Holmes says
Ice cream!!! Yummy 🙂
jamesmum says
Ice cream and beaches. x
Lucy says
I associate Cornwall with home…. I am a Cornish girl and are Cornwall Born and bred – don’t get to go back as often as I can xx
Shelley Jessup says
Lovely thick clotted cream yum :p
Carole Barnes says
Clotted Cream & Pasties
Colette Hallinan says
Ice cream or pasties!
Kirsteen Mackay says
Scones with jam and clotted cream
Becky Downey says
cream
jacki constantine says
ITS GOT TO BE THE SURF, FOLLOWED BY A HOT PASTY AND CREAM TEA !!!!!!
anita roberts says
pasties
Carol Masterton says
Clotted cream 🙂 I know I should eat it with scones or something but it’s so good without!
Kulwinder Lombardelli says
CREAM OF cORNISH DELICIOUS ICE-CREAM & BEAUTIFUL COASTLINES.
Natalie White says
Cornish Pasties for sure!
Judith Allen says
Tintagel Castle, and the green dragon books by Rosemary Manning I loved when I was young.
Allan Smith says
Crackers
Mrs finch says
ice cream..
anthony martin says
always wanting to have gone there like my cousin seemed to every year when he was young – hmm but if you want something cornish – then to me – Ice Cream !! x
Mrs finch says
ice cream
SBirks says
My sister lived there when she had my niece so it reminds me of becoming an Aunty for the first time!
lesley hamilton says
Ice cream
Rosemary Easton says
Cornish Pasties, Eden Project
Kelly Wiffin says
Holidays
Carol Peace says
Cream Teas mmm
Julie Picton says
Ice Cream
Dawn Costen says
Cornish Pasties!! Yummm!
Sarah Bailey says
Family as they live there – it’s always full of fun when we go and get together 🙂
Heather Shaw says
Blue blue sea
Lorna Totton says
Cornish Cream Teas
Susan Hoggett says
Fruit scone wiyh jam and cornish cream
JAMES says
A DELICIOUS CORNISH CREAM TEA! MMMMMM!
Hilda Hazel Wright says
Beautiful secretive sandy bays hidden away by rocky cliffs!
Gill B says
Pasties!!
Emma Hughes says
Cornish Cream Teas
Deborah Dartnell says
Cornish Pasties,fresh air, smell of the sea, and clotted cream on top of an ice cream from a van of course!
JILL MANN says
St Ives – cornish pasties and cream teas
ADELE HILL says
cornish pasties and cream teas
Gaby Smith says
mackerel fishing
Robyn Logan says
Cream tea
Kate Cunningham says
Cream tea, scones, jam and clotted cream
Jo Haigh says
Dramatic coastline, beautiful light, inspirational gardens, mystical landmarks…I ? Cornwall so much I moved there!
KERAN says
Love the comments on here. Love the beach and yes cream teas!
Jennifer Higgins says
Fish,chips and seagulls!
Rhoda says
Cream teas!
Simon Thompson says
cream teas, beaches and wind and rain
Joanna Sawka says
Cream tea
Barry Ranns says
To my shame, I have to been to Cornwall, but it is on my ‘Things To Do’list.
Rudy Roversi says
Cream teas and cornish pasties
Julie says
Fresh smell of the sea and large scones with cream and jam.
Michelle Murray says
Cornish ice-cream
rosemary sheehan says
Clotted ceam tea
Vanessa Forsythe says
Surfing and, of course, Cornish Pasties.
Hugh Mackenzie says
Pasties
Natasha says
Cornish pasties! Yum!
Alice Hindley says
Cornish Pasties
Keith says
Newquay
Katie Skeoch says
The Dartmoor ponies, absolutely gorgeous
Lisa Wilkinson says
Surfing, cornish pasties and cream tea.
Emma Smith says
Cornish Pasties
Jill says
Clotted Cream yum!
Claire Trevor says
Surfing!
Karen Barrett says
Fishing… whilst eating a pasty ;0)
Lisa says
Corish pasties
Jenny Rogers says
Cornish cream teas – yummy.
Peter M says
Nice authentic pasties!
marie yeardley says
Pixies
Jean Bolsover says
Got to be Cornish Pasties!
Natalie Henderson says
Lovely, fresh cornish cream teas!! 🙂
Charlotte Jones says
Pasties and cream teas 🙂
Alison says
Cornish Pasties
Emma j Lowe says
cream teas
carol wilson says
i live in cornwall, so its home, and love the beaches, the fresh air, the pasties, and the cream teas
Anna Ling says
fish
Sarah says
Cornish pasties!
emma kinsey says
pies
Charlotte Hoskins says
cream teas 🙂
rachel clynch says
Cornish ice cream
sue walsh says
family holidays in Dad,s Camper Van ,seaside & cream teas:)
Mrs SW Lee says
cream teas, yum!
annie brookes says
has to be ice cream
Sue D says
pasties and cream teas
Samantha Atherton says
Seagulls
Hannah Whitling says
Glorious beaches and blue sea are what comes in my mind when I think of Cornwall. Wish it want so far so I could holiday there more often.
Becky Downey says
GREAT BEACHES
jackie rushton says
Pasties