• Moomin mug: Dark Blue, Bottle mail (1991-1999)
  • Moomin mug: Dark Blue, Bottle mail (1991-1999)
  • Moomin mug: Dark Blue, Bottle mail (1991-1999)

Moomin mug: Dark Blue, Bottle mail (1991-1999)

Moomin mug: Dark Blue, Bottle mail (1991-1999)

799,90€
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Finland

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Crown

Condition

Just fine

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Arabia’s Moomin Mug Bottle Mail is a 0.3-litre Moomin mug that was produced from 1991 to 1999. There are no other products in the same series as this mug. Even though the mug’s label says only Dark Blue, the mug is commonly known as Bottle Mail or Blue Moominpappa.

The mug was produced only with the crown stamp and without a year stamp, and examples that still retain the original Made in Finland label are rare, sought-after and valuable. It is highly unusual for a mug from the 1990s to still have its original label.

On Moomin mugs from the 1990s, small production marks are often easier to spot than on newer mugs, and age has also brought signs of use to many examples. That is why there are very few Bottle Mail mugs in the Supergood category. A completely clean example with no signs of use and no factory flaws is rare among mugs from this period. Even mugs in the Just fine category can, in the case of 1990s mugs, show slightly more signs of use than newer Moomin mugs in the same category.

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In the illustration, Moomintroll is shown looking for Snufkin as company for a fishing trip, and it is probably from this atmosphere that the mug’s informal name Bottle Mail originally comes. Sometimes the mug is also called the Moomintroll mug, because Moomintroll has such a central role in the decoration.

The decoration was designed by Camilla Moberg, who worked for Arabia as a freelance designer while standing in for Tove Slotte during her maternity leave. During the 1990s, Moberg designed a total of four Moomin mugs, and Bottle Mail is one of them. The decoration is based on Tove Jansson’s comic Moomin Family and the Sea, from which the mug gets its maritime and slightly wistful mood.

More about the product
Year of manufacture 1991–1999
Size H: 8.1 cm, W: 11.2 cm, Ø: 8.3 cm
Volume 0.3L (2.6dl)
Designer Tove Slotte
Graphic designer Camilla Moberg
This moomin mug has also been checked by Finmug

Separately, in good lighting. Our moomin mugs come from private individuals as well as directly from the factory. Each moomin mug is checked before it is sold here in our online shop. We check the moomin mug to see what kind of base stamp and sticker it has and what condition the mug is in. We also do a condition check on mugs with label, because often Arabia's 1-quality products have aesthetic factory defects. Finmug is the only online shop where mugs are also checked for factory defects. Just for you.

Explanations for condition classes and labels

We inspect every item individually! 💎
We classify them as follows:

With label

  • Supergood: New, no flaws in the glaze or on the label. A perfect mug 😍
  • Just fine: New, a small flaw on the label and/or in the glaze (Arabia: 1-quality. Finmug found a flaw)
    ❗ For non-mug items: Just fine = Standard, new, first-quality item from Arabia; not inspected by Finmug.

Without Label

  • Super good: unused, no flaws in the glaze
  • Just fine: in good condition, the glaze may have traces of use
  • Well used: really used or clearly 2-quality

Label options

  • Fin/Thai: The label says Iittala Group / Arabia.fi / product name
  • Finland: The label says Made in Finland⭐
  • Thailand: The label says Designed in Finland. Made in Thailand.
  • Thailand (Gold/Red/Green): 2017-2021 summer season mugs have also color options
  • Thailand (Package): Includes the mug’s original storage box.


💎 Every mug comes with a Finmug Quality Card.

Questions? More details about the options (condition grades, stamps, labels) and the quality card here here.

Delivery cost and time

Delivery cost: Finland: 7,9€ - Free delivery over 200€ orders
Sweden: 9,9€ - Free delivery over 300€ orders
Most of Europe: 17,9€ - Free delivery over 500€ orders Other countries: Depending on product amounts. You will see price when you choose DHL delivery options - Free delivery over 700€ orders Delivery time: Finland: 0-5 business day Sweden: 5-10 business day Europe: 5-15 business day Other countries: 0-5 business day + DHL express delivery time. You will see time when you choose DHL delivery options

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