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Moby Dick Public domain

Taza de Whalefall

Scrimshaw · Ceramic mug, 325 or 443 ml

Scrimshaw, ceramic mug en color negro

26.95 €

VAT included · shipping 4.49 € a

Delivery in 3-4 working days arrives between 26 y el 27 de agosto

Color del interior y tamaño

Color del interior negro

Tamaño

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It is printed in the European Union, it does not come from outside: it arrives with no customs and no import charges. Plazos medidos contra la imprenta el 19 de agosto de 2026.

The other designs from Whalefall

3 designs to Whalefall, on the same taza and at the same price.

El cachalote El cachalote El Pequod El Pequod Scrimshaw Scrimshaw

Sublimation-printed on Taza de cerámica con interior de color, 325 ml (11 oz) y 443 ml (15 oz).

The garment

Model
Taza de cerámica con interior de color
Composition
Cerámica, acabado brillante
Capacidad
325 ml (11 oz) y 443 ml (15 oz)
Cut
Blanca por fuera; el borde, el asa y el interior van en color
Printing
Sublimación, estampado envolvente

Data from the Printful spec sheet (Taza de cerámica con interior de color), read on 19 de agosto de 2026. The care advice is ours: the manufacturer does not publish the washing label.

Where it comes from: source, motifs and legal status
Source
Moby Dick - Herman Melville (1851) + Jonás (Biblia)
Motifs
el cachalote · el arpón · el Pequod · Ahab · scrimshaw (grabado en hueso) · Jonás y la ballena
Legal status
Public domain. The design is ours; the material it starts from belongs to everyone
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What this mug is like

Glossy ceramic, white on the outside, with the rim, the handle and the inside in colour. There are two sizes: 325 ml, the classic breakfast mug, and 443 ml, the one for broth or for anyone who does not want to get up for a refill. It is the only object in the catalogue you look at from close up and at leisure: thirty centimetres from your face, every day, while you wait for it to cool.

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The print is done by sublimation and goes all the way round the piece. The ink goes into the material instead of sitting on top of it, so it has neither the relief nor the edge of a transfer. And because the drawing wraps, there is no good side and empty side: it makes no difference which hand you pick it up with, and no difference how it ends up on the shelf.

It is the cheapest piece in the catalogue and the one that best stands up to daily use, so it is usually the first to come into the house: plenty of people try a design out here before wearing it. About the dishwasher and the microwave we say nothing, and that is not an oversight: the Printful API does not publish that figure in any field of the product, and we are not going to promise on our own account what a piece we do not manufacture can take.

«Scrimshaw» is also on camiseta, 23.95 € · camiseta premium, 32.95 € · póster, 32.95 € · camiseta de mujer, 33.95 € · sudadera, 54.95 € · sudadera con capucha, 61.95 €

The drawing on «Scrimshaw»

A sperm whale tooth engraved with a needle point: the curved outline of the tooth, inside it the hatched scene of a whaler sailing through the waves, and the band of the root closing it off at the bottom. The object is the tooth, not the animal.

Where this drawing comes from

What is printed is the object, not the animal: a tooth with a scratched scene inside it. It is what a sailor made by hand across four years at sea with nothing else to do.

A scrimshaw was made to be held in the hand through four years at sea, and here it goes back to being just that: an object for the hand with a scratched scene inside it, held in the hand every morning. Sublimation puts the ink into the material, so the scratches have no relief —the same as on a tooth scored with a point— and no edge for it to start peeling from.

Scrimshaw is what whalers made out of sperm whale teeth and bones on voyages that lasted years, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Melville gives it chapter LVII of «Moby-Dick». The shape of the tooth follows that of the pieces at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Nantucket Historical Association.

Where this design comes from →

Sizes: measurements, where each one is made and what it costs

Measurements of the item in centimetres, as published by the factory itself.

Measurements in centimetres, where it is made and the price of each size
Size AltoDiámetro Made in Price
15 oz 11,9 8,5 la UE 28.95 €
11 oz 9,6 8,3 España 26.95 €

The larger formats 15 oz cost more because they cost the printer more: we would rather say so here and stock them than not have them.

«Made in» comes from the warehouse Printful declares for that exact size, not from an estimate of ours.

What you ask us before buying

What is a scrimshaw?
An engraving scratched into bone or tooth, done by hand by sailors on voyages that lasted years. What is printed here is the whole object —the tooth with the scene inside it—, not the animal: it is craft made on board, not a natural history plate.
Does the drawing wear off with use?
The print is done by sublimation —Printful's spec sheet says so—: the ink goes into the material instead of sitting on top of it, so it has no relief and no edge to lift. What we cannot tell you is how much rubbing, dishwashing or microwaving it takes: the manufacturer publishes none of those figures and we would rather not make them up.
Which size do I take, 325 or 443 ml?
325 ml is the ordinary breakfast mug. 443 ml feels noticeably bigger and is the one for broth, a long tea or an after-lunch coffee. The price of each size is in the table above, not in the cart.
How long does it really take?
De 3 a 4 working days, printing and shipping included — the same lead time the rest of the site gives, because there is only one. The piece is made in the European Union, and that is where the lead time comes from. Above, over the button, you have the exact date for this one. The table below says where each size is made.
How much is shipping?
The page itself says so, above the button, before you pay and for whichever destination you pick in the dropdown. To Spain it is 4.49 €. The amount comes from the same rate the checkout charges, not from a separate list.
Why do some formats cost more?
Because they cost the printer more. The price of each format is in the table above, not in the cart.
Can it be returned?
Yes. You have 14 days to withdraw without giving reasons — it is not a personalised product, so the right of withdrawal covers you — and 3 years of legal guarantee. If it arrives faulty or badly printed, we redo it or give you your money back. How it is made.
Where does the drawing on «Scrimshaw»?
Scrimshaw is what whalers made out of sperm whale teeth and bones on voyages that lasted years, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Melville gives it chapter LVII of «Moby-Dick». The shape of the tooth follows that of the pieces at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Nantucket Historical Association. It is in the public domain: the drawing is ours, the material it starts from belongs to everyone.
Who is selling?
Flexibles y Accesorios Gobe, S.L. · CIF B56727993. Prices include VAT.

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