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Victorian Craft: Child’s Bunny Mug

on March 23, 2010 – 2:05 am

Hand-painting china was a fun and popular craft during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A fashionable project was decorating dishes and drinking mugs for children with nursery rhyme characters or the alphabet. A nineteenth century magazine, The Art Amateur, A Monthly Journal Devoted to Art in the Household, once provided a delightful Victorian nursery bunny, Mr. Hare, carrying eggs in a basket for decorating a child’s drinking mug.

Victoriana Magazine has provided the original design, “Mr. Hare’s Dilemma”, to create your own nineteenth century child’s mug. This illustration offers an opportunity to create a fun-filled craft. You can hand-draw the design on a mug from a pottery or ceramic studio (they provide everything including supplies, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement).

Another option is to create your own decal with the image, using your inkjet printer with inkjet water-slide decal paper. These decals may be applied onto almost any smooth, non-porous surface. These decorative non-fire inkjet decals make arts and crafts projects fun and easy – your imagination is your only limit! Print the design here. An online source is located here.

Click here to print your Victorian bunny design.

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