The endearing stories by the Swedish children's book author and illustrator Elsa Beskow have been interpreted by Catharina Kippel. Catharina has selected visual quotations from the original illustrations and reworked Elsa's images into patterns. The lovely Little willow mug from Design House Stockholm has a fine illustration showing the sleeping little willow. The mug is perfect to give away as a gift and it can be combined with other fine pieces from the Elsa Beskow collection.