Winghead Shark - Fine Bone China Mug
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Product Features
Classy and beautiful, these fine bone china mugs feature vibrant, detailed marine illustrations by Dr Lindsay Marshall, bringing a touch of natural history to your daily tea or coffee. The 10oz flared mug is ideal for tea and coffee, with a generous capacity and smooth flared lip, while the 8oz straight-sided mug is perfect for espresso or a smaller, stronger coffee. Fine bone china is lighter, smoother, and more refined than a standard ceramic mug, with a thinner, more comfortable rim and a creamy white shade that shows artwork beautifully. Where a normal ceramic mug feels chunky and rugged for everyday use, these mugs feel more like special pieces of tableware, suited to gifting, collecting, and quiet cuppas you actually sit down to enjoy.
Creamy white porcelain
Fine bone china mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe, but for longevity hand wash with a mild detergent and avoid abrasive cleaners.
Each mug comes in a box and is swaddled lovingly in Lindsay’s custom-designed lanternshark tissue paper with a swing tag and (when needed) further protected in environmentally friendly, recyclable hex wrap, ready to gift or ship safely to its new home.
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Celebrate the iconic Great Hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, with a scientifically precise illustration created for the NSF and CSIRO Tree of Life project, where I painted every living species of shark and ray. This artwork brings the ocean’s apex wanderer to life across your chosen products, perfect for collectors, ocean lovers, and shark enthusiasts.
Species spotlight: The Great Hammerhead is the largest hammerhead species and is recognized by its wide cephalofoil with a central notch and a towering first dorsal fin. Found in tropical and warm temperate waters around the world, it is a powerful solitary hunter known to prey on rays, bony fishes, and cephalopods. Its head shape enhances maneuverability and electroreception, helping it detect hidden prey. The species is listed as Critically Endangered due to overfishing and bycatch, making this portrait a meaningful nod to marine conservation. I have always thought that great hammerheads remind me of chinese new year dragon puppets in the way that they hold their crescent shaped fins and manoever throught the water. The chinese dragon is a symbol of power and good luck, and perhaps the Great hammerhead Shark is too.
- Accurate morphology informed by scientific reference for authenticity
- Elegant, timeless rendering that suits coastal decor, modern minimal, and natural history interiors
- A compelling gift for shark divers, marine biologists, anglers, and ocean advocates
