Arabia Moomin Mug #34
Hattifatteners (2007–)
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The mug was released in 2007 and has been in production ever since. It is the first mug to picture hattifatteners alone. Hattifatteners have been seen in the 1991 Mug Little My. Tove Slotte chose the...
The mug was released in 2007 and has been in production ever since. It is the first mug to picture hattifatteners alone. Hattifatteners have been seen in the 1991 Mug Little My. Tove Slotte chose the image from Tove Jansson’s first picture book The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My. The orange mug is one of designer Tove Slotte’s favourites: “I like it for both the colouring and the arrangement of the Hattifatteners mug, not for the characters themselves. Hattifatteners are quite impersonal and mystical creatures, but at the same time there’s something almost mesmerizing about them. In Japanese the Hattifatteners are called Nuoronyoro, which sounds funny.”
Additional information
Price estimate
i£10 - 15 With Sticker
£5 - 10 Without Sticker
Name
Hattifatteners
Product category
Moomin Mug
Mug number
34
Production period
2007–
Themes
Characters, Moomin 75
Brand
Arabia
Bottom stamps
5 different
Sticker
MUUMI MUKI 0,3 L Hattivatti - MOOMIN MUG 0,3 L Hattifatteners- Designed in Finland - Made in Thailand
Product designer
Kaj Franck
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Character
The Hattifatteners
Original image
Book - The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1952) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 8.1, Width: 11.2, Diameter: 8.3 cm
Weight
250 g
Volume
300 ml
Color
Orange
Material
Vitro porcelain
Bottom stamps (5)
Who designs the illustrations for the Moomin mugs?
Tove Slotte, born in 1957, is a Finnish artist and a graphic designer. She is a professional ceramist. Tove Slotte worked at Arabia from 1985 to 1990, after which she has worked as a freelance designer. She is best known for designing and illustrating the Moomin products for Iittala and Arabia ceramics. Tove Slotte has been a Moomin fan since her childhood. She says her favourite Moomin book is The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My. Tove Slotte has designed the Moomin products for Arabia for more than 30 years.
