In this anniversary year of Mark Twain's first commercial success, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, I wonder what Mark Twain would have thought of my Jumping Frog Handle Mug in his house in Hartford?
"It certainly had a wide celebrity...but I was aware that it was only the frog that was celebrated. It wasn't I."
- Mark Twain's Autobiography [Quote site]
Well the people at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut like it enough to offer it for sale in the gift shop. Many thanks to a dear friend and former pottery student of mine who introduced my jumping frog mug to them. I am sure that Mr. Clemens would have had something to say about that too.
"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."
Mark Twain - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
If you happen to be one of those people who purchased one of my Jumping Frog Handle Mugs at the Mark Twain House (Thanks!) please enter a comment to this post and let me know where you are from and where my "Jumping Frog" mug now resides. Anyone from Calaveras County? Now that would be fun!
I never know where my Jumping Frog Handle Mug will jump to next!
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