Oscar Wilde Mug (I am not young...)

A great gift for anyone with a love of Oscar Wilde or for literature in general, our fine china mugs are printed in Belfast by Shona D.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854 and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. While at Oxford, Wilde became involved in the aesthetic movement. After he graduated, he moved to London to pursue a literary career.

In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wilde's plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play.

Unconventional in his writing and life, Wilde's affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of "gross indecency" in 1895. He was imprisoned for two years and died in poverty three years after his release at the age of 46.

Each mug is adorned with a replica of a handwritten note to Bram Stoker, artwork by Belfast artist Cara Gordon and a witty quotation.  

Designed and produced in Belfast, these mugs are straight-sided and bright white, with dye-sublimated colours that really pop. 100% microwave & dishwasher safe. However if you love your mug we recommend hand-soaping as dishwasher chemicals can be pretty harsh.

Choose Collection Only at the check out, or have your mug sent to you in a robust polystyrene mug mailer. The mailer can be reused to send the mug on as a gift. We also stock the mailers in the shop.

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