Arabia Moomin Plate #79
Family Time (2025–)
Price estimate
100+ users have this in collection
The Family Time Moomin plate is a brand-new release for 2025 and will become part of the permanent collection. The Family Time tableware series includes a mug, a bowl, a plate, a saucer, and a serv...
The Family Time Moomin plate is a brand-new release for 2025 and will become part of the permanent collection. The Family Time tableware series includes a mug, a bowl, a plate, a saucer, and a serving plate. Each item in the series features an elegant Moomin 80 anniversary stamp on the bottom. The illustration on this tableware set is based on Tove Jansson’s comic strip Moomin Family (1955). In the story, Moominmamma and Moominpappa rescue Moomintroll from the mercy of the sea. Soon, they realize that he is their long-lost son, and they return home, reunited as a family. The family’s story continues in other illustrations, where the Moomin family enjoys relaxing moments in the garden and embarks on adventures around Moominvalley. The common theme in the Family Time collection is the precious moments spent together with family.
Additional information
Name
Family Time
Product category
Moomin Plate
Serial number
79
Production period
2025–
Theme
Moomin 80
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Kaj Franck
Graphic designer
Parvati Pillai
Characters
Moominmamma
Moominpappa
Moomintroll
Original image
Comic strip #2 - Moomin and Family Life (1955) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 2.8, Width: 19.0 cm
Weight
380 g
Color
Yellow
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Plate
Designers
Kaj Franck
Kaj Franck was born on November 9, 1911 in Vyborg. He was one of the most internationally known Finnish glass and ceramic designers. In 1932, Franck graduated from the School of Art and Design as a furniture designer. After graduation, Franck worked as a catalog designer, interior designer, and furniture designer. Franck was the artistic director of the Nuutajärvi glass factory from 1950 to 1973. In addition to this, he worked as a teacher at the Art School in 1945 and later as its artistic director from 1960–1969. Kaj Franck has designed products for Arabia, Iittala and Artek, among others. Franck's best-known works are the Kilta series, the Teema series and the Kartio glasses. During his career, Kaj Franck won several awards and received recognition for his design work at the Milan Triennial in 1951, 1954 and the Milan Triennial Grand Prix in 1957. He has also received the Compasso d’Oro Prize, the Lunning Prize, the Prince Eugen Medal and Pro Finlandia. In 1972, he was awarded the title of Professor and Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art in London in 1983. Kaj Franck died at the age of 77 in 1989.
Parvati Pillai
Parvati Pillai, born in 1989 in Kerala, India, is a visual and creative designer who is passionate about illustration, storytelling, and brand building. Parvati Pillai started working as the Moomin mugs designer and illustrator for the Fiskars Group in 2022.
Characters
Moominmamma
Moominmamma is the lovable and gentle mother figure, and her peaceful character brings some stability to the colourful and lively Moomin family. Moominmamma is a caring and loving personality, who only wishes all living creatures well. Moominmamma appreciates uniqueness in everyone and is always just. Amongst the inhabitants of Moomin Valley, Moominmamma is considered a very reliable and helpful person. She is never out of chores and she loves to keep busy in her kitchen and the garden. Moominmamma has an astonishing ability to see that every cloud has a silver lining. The apron and the handbag are very important accessories to Moominmamma. In the handbag she carries supplies for all possible occasions. Moominmamma appears in almost all of the Moomin books.
Moominpappa
Moominpappa is the decisive and fair patriarch of the Moomin family. Moominpappa is known to be adventurous by nature, with thousands of experiences and stories from his younger years. He is also a thinker, who writes his chronicles and always wants to know what is going on around him. Family is everything to Moominpappa, and he is willing to do whatever it takes for his family. He is settled in Moominvalley and enjoys the quiet life, but still remembers his days of wild adventure. Moominpappa loves the sea and considers himself a great sailor and a fisherman. He uses a cane, and is hardly ever seen without his top hat. Moominpappa first appeared in Tove Jansson’s book The Moomins and the Great Flood.
Moomintroll
Moomintroll is a lovable and happy creature, and he longs for adventure. He is always at the heart of the event. He cares for his friends very much, and wants everyone around him to be happy. Just like the other Moomins, Moomintroll loves the sea. Moomintroll is a great combination of his parents: He is brave and adventurous like Moominpappa, as well as kind and compassionate like Moominmamma. The best place in the world for Moomintroll is Moominvalley, and he never fails to find an adventure. His fearlessness and longing for adventure sometimes carry him out of the Valley. Moomintroll is a roundish character, and he has a tussle at the end of his tail. In spite of his young age, Moomintroll has experienced the highs and lows of romance with his girlfriend Snorkmaiden. Moomintroll first appeared in Tove Jansson’s novel The Moomins and the Great Flood.
