I was a ceramicist many years and I know "seconds". My new Miranda Mug is acceptable but it's not as nice as the original I purchased of the same image a number of years ago that had a black background and this one has a brown screen background as if the producer is firing inferior glaze decals on the cups. I can understand the numerous unhappy reviews of purchases worse than mine with blurred image as if there is no quality control at the China end of production. Regardless I love the Miranda imagery.