Royal Copenhagen is continuing with its Easter tradition by launching a total of six delightful new Easter eggs:

One of this year’s new ornaments is a goose egg decorated with a charming poppy anemone. (featured here).

The porcelain egg is 10 cm tall and comes with a longer ribbon, which means that it will hang beautifully in a window, but can also be arranged in a bowl or dish together with other porcelain eggs.

Another addition to the range is not for hanging on a branch; instead, the beautiful bonbonnière decorated with snake’s head fritillary is perfect for biscuits and chocolates, or can be used as cachepot or in a window; the bonbonnière is 17 cm tall and would make a welcome hostess gift that is guaranteed to bring the joy of spring to any home.

The classic range of small eggs has also has been added to, with this year’s motifs being yellow wood anemone, grape hyacinth and daisy, plus a new departure to compliment the beautiful flower eggs - a charming blue tit.

All the eggs are made of the brightest white porcelain, with the shades being carefully coordinated to harmonize with each other and previous years’ collections.

The Easter eggs are available priced from £15.

Web: http://www.royalcopenhagen.com

Tel: (0800) 963 763

Royal Copenhagen is launching four new figurines by Pia Langelund, which pay homage to human beauty and the curves of the body - a male and a female bust, a recumbent man on a pedestal and a kneeling woman on a pedestal, in white and black porcelain.

“Pia Langelund has a supreme sense for what is beautiful in a perfect human body and the human profile. She knows how to transform our love for entrancing curves and long lines, into sculptures that render it completely legitimate to cultivate and appreciate a perfect anatomy,” explains Niels Bastrup, Royal Copenhagen’s Creative Director.

Pia’s figurines for Royal Copenhagen increase the limits of how porcelain figurines are normally perceived, so that they cross the boundary from knick-knacks to home décor - she has mastered the difficult art of capturing muscles at work and the way in which the body radiates the object’s posture, in her sculptures.

In a beautifully furnished office, a living room or a lounge, the eye will be drawn to these figurines, which will bring beauty, longing and drama to their surroundings.

The four figurines, a male bust and a female bust in a matt glaze, plus a male figure on a pedestal and a female figure on a pedestal in a shiny glaze, are all available in both black and white.

The busts retail at £345.00 and the sculptures at £230.00.

Web: http://www.royalcopenhagen.com

Tel: (0800) 963 763

Unlike many other colours, lilac is a colour you have to take a stance on and it also makes a statement in relation to its surroundings.

Moving Lin Utzon’s new lilac Filigran vase around the home, you will see how it makes its mark on each setting, adding brightness to the situation; not only as an ornament, but also as a colour that gives character and warmth.

However, there’s more to this Filigran vase than being lilac; the skilful designer has retained the transparent glass base of the vase, giving it a striking lightness that contrasts with the vase’s generous capacity.

Like all the others in the range, Lin Utzon’s new lilac hand-blown vase has a mild, soft shape, so that if you don’t have flowers, it still looks great on its own - a piece of genuine Danish artistry in glass.

The Filigran lilac vase, 16 cm tall, retails at £24.95, and the new votives in lilac, white or black are priced at £14.95.

The range also includes black and white vases, 21 cm tall, retailing at £39.95.

Web: http://www.rosendahl.com

Tel: (01252) 377 900

Inspired by the gossamer lace curtains in Karen Blixen’s home Rungstedlund, Lin Utzon has created a pretty glass vase and votive with a matt silver motif.

The name Tanne is derived from the writer’s nickname, and the range combines simplicity and elegance – just as we would expect from Karen Blixen’s sure sense of style.

Rosendahl is the official sponsor of the Karen Blixen Museum and for every piece of Karen Blixen’s Christmas sold, a donation is made towards new exhibitions at the Rungstedlund museum.

“We are delighted to be able to make a contribution, as the main sponsor of the Karen Blixen Museum’s efforts to preserve the artistic legacy of Karen Blixen”, says Erik Rosendahl, chairman and founder of Rosendahl.

The museum north of Copenhagen is an autonomous institution under the Rungstedlund Fund; it depends on funding to continue the work of preserving Karen Blixen’s lovely house, Rungstedlund and showcasing the writer’s life and work.

The glassware range is available from October and Retail prices are as follows: Tanne Votive £16.95; Tanne Vase 18cm £36.95 and 13cm £26.96.

Web: http://www.rosendahl.com

Tel: (01252) 377 900

The Herend Porcelain factory has created a delightful whimsical flying pig in a limited edition of 500.

In polite terms, the flying pig symbolises something that hasn’t got a hope in hell of happening.

The saying is traceable to a Scottish proverb from 1862 and was even quoted in Alice in Wonderland in circa 1865.

The Flying pig is in Herend’s popular fish scale pattern and retails at £125.00 - only available from Porcelain Herend, 81 Walton Street. London.

Collectors should hurry to avoid disappointment.

Web: http://www.herend.com

Tel: (0207) 589 0128

The Brit’s have always been extremely fond of their animals and none more so than their trusted friend – the dog; if we are to believe the fashion magazines, man’s best friend has now become the ultimate fashion accessory!

Royal Copenhagen has produced animal figurines for more than 100 years and now they have launched a delightful range of small and large dogs designed by Pia Langelund, who is well known for her fabulous lions and gorillas.

The beautifully crafted dogs in the range are: Great Dane, Black Labrador, German Shepherd, West Highlander Terrier, Cavalier King Charles and Dachshund.

All do have one distinct advantage over the canine variety – no need to take them for a walk when it rains!

The figurines retail at £94.50 for the Great Dane and German Shepherd and £72.50 for the others.

Web: http://www.royalcopenhagen.com 

Tel: (0800) 963 763

When hearing the name “Herend”, people who appreciate beautiful things, immediately think of quality hand-made porcelain and have done so for the past 180 years.

In the beginning, the small scale manufactory only had a couple of employees and has now become the largest porcelain making company producing hand crafted china in the world today.

The product range of the Herend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd. encompasses over 15,000 different shapes and more than 4,000 patterns, providing unique opportunities for its customers.

Craftsmen create products in the traditional way; all work phases are done by hand and testify to an outstanding level of aesthetic quality.

The Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2007 marks the second occasion that the Herend Porcelain Manufactory has been asked to create the Winning Driver and Best Constructor prizes.

Although it is quite difficult to find common ground between speed, horsepower and traditional hand-made china, it is true to say that engineering accuracy is a unique activity in its field – relating precision and aiming to achieve the impossible, which are characteristics of the greatest, be they on the Formula 1 circuit or in the field of craftsmanship.

A success writes an eternal page in the golden book of sports and the winners receive everlasting value, in the form of a timeless and beautiful Herend trophy.

The winning driver of the Hungarian Grand Prix 2007 was:
Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes.

Web: http://www.herend.com
Tel:   (020) 7751 4199

In response to customer demand The General Trading Company has announced the launch of its first ever transactional website on 1st October 2007.
 
The new General Trading Company website will enable consumers to buy their favourite products in the comfort of their own home, and feature the new seasonal catalogues, which customers can browse and download.
 
The website will be continually updated, with around 500 key General Trading Company products available to buy online including, vintage one off pieces, house wares, china and glass, bedroom and bathroom accessories, stationery and furniture; plus the best selling seasonal products for Christmas 2007.

On the site you will find help buying the perfect gift, choosing from the selection of attractive and unusual ideas for Birthdays, Christenings and there is also an upgrade to their Wedding List service.
 
The website will provide a 24 hour shopping service, including delivery to homes all over the country and expects to provide overseas delivery via the website in the future.

The elegant bottles featured here are priced from £85.  

Web: http://www.generaltradingcompany.co.uk
Tel:  (0207) 730 0411

Royal Copenhagen’s history inspired the new Heritage collection, consisting of four ornamental vases that can be used separately, or combined in an arrangement, in which both form and colour create a beautiful whole.

Hand-painted vases have played a prominent role in Royal Copenhagen’s product range ever since it was founded in 1775.

It took over a century to refine the technique that brought Royal Copenhagen the Grand Prix at the World Fair in Paris in 1900 and generated the international demand for Royal Danish vase art that continues to this day.

The four delightful new vases are decorated individually with their own attractive motifs including, butterfly, bamboo leaves, a bouquet of white carnations and twining bindweed.

The retail prices are:
 
Bindweed vase £146.00
Bamboo leaves vase £136.00
Butterfly vase £117.00
White Carnation vase £163.00
 
Web: http://www.royalcopenhagen.com
Tel:   (0800) 963 763

Rosendahl and Lin Utzon have introduced a new range of vases, bowls and votive candle-holders in colours that are a salute to nature.
 
The gorgeous shapes and colours in the Confetti range have turned Lin Utzon’s hand-blown glass bowls, vases and votives into collector’s items.
 
In the new Confetti collection, the designer has toned down the bright colours and introduced some brand-new ones; including lime, white and transparent green in new combinations.
 
The saturation and clarity of these colours is tempered with a discreet, soft matt finish that doesn’t prevent the colours from working in their own right; they also put nature centre-stage when flowers and twigs are put in the vases.
 
Lin Utzon explains the working philosophy behind her new colours and colour blends “You have to co-operate with nature and not try to bring it to heel or dominate it. This is true even if you have to start with the mild form of violence that can be inherent in taking nature out of its genuine surroundings and bringing it indoors.”

Retail prices:
Confetti bowl 18 cm  £36.95
Confetti bowl 24 cm  £54.95
Vase 16 cm £36.95
Votive 8 cm £16.95

Web:  http://www.rosendahl.com
Tel:   (01252) 377 900