Every mug from Neeli Pottery is made by hand in Islamabad, thrown and finished one at a time rather than pressed out by a machine. The petal detailing is what gives the range its name, delicate floral work shaped around the mug so the piece has something to look at while you drink from it.

They come in two colourways, a soothing blue and a fresh green, and each is sold as a set of two. That makes them easy to use as a pair at home or to keep one and give the other, and a set of matching mugs looks better on a table than a mismatched pair from the back of a cupboard.

These are made for daily use, sized for tea or coffee rather than as display pieces, so they earn their place in a morning routine. Because each mug is shaped and glazed by hand, small differences in form, colour and finish are normal from one to the next, which is the mark of pottery made by a person rather than a factory.