  a mug is a sturdily built type of cup often used for drinking hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, hot chocolate or soup. mugs have handles and hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cup. usually a mug holds approximately 12 fluid ounces (350 ml) of liquid; double a tea cup. a mug is a less formal style of drink container and is not usually used in formal place settings, where a teacup or coffee cup is preferred. shaving mugs can be used to assist in wet shaving. ancient mugs were usually carved in wood or bone or shaped of clay, while most modern ones are made of ceramic materials such as earthenware, bone china, porcelain or stoneware. some are made from strengthened glass, such as pyrex. other materials, including plastic, steel and enameled metal are preferred where break resistance and reduced weight are at a premium, such as for campers. techniques such as silk screen printing or decals are used to apply decorations; these are fired onto the mug to ensure permanence. ==history==   the first pottery was shaped by hands and was later facilitated by invention of the potter's wheel (date unknown, between 6,500 and 3000 bce). it was relatively easy to add a handle to a cup in the process thus producing a mug. for example, a rather advanced, decorated clay mug from 4000â5000 bce was found in greece.ceramic web page tutorials. ceramicstudies.me.uk. retrieved on 2012-11-16. the biggest disadvantage of those clay mugs was thick walls unfit for the mouth. the walls were thinned with development of metalworking techniques. metal mugs were produced from bronze,the collection â archaeology. thomaslayton.org.uk. retrieved on 2012-11-16. silver, goldmycenean art. visual-arts-cork.com. retrieved on 2012-11-16. and even lead,lead drinking cup. nicks.com.au. retrieved on 2012-11-16. starting from roughly 2000 bce and were hard to use with hot drinks. wooden mugs were produced probably from the oldest time, but most of them could not be preserved to the present time. the invention of [[porcelai
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