A new range of accessories for the home has been introduced by Peacock Blue, some of which would also make ideal gifts.

The vintage style Silvered Candlesticks in our picture, are made from glass and have an antique silvered finish. They are available in two sizes: H20cm priced at £15 or H27.5cm at £26.

The Posy Cushions have an antique inspired print. These linen scatter cushions are woven in a linen mill in Scotland and printed in England, so are a real British product. Available in Old Blue, Ivory and Duck Egg with a natural coloured reverse.
The cushions measure 45 x 45cm and are priced £45 each.

The collection of luxurious velvet Ribbons are wrapped around an old fashioned wooden bobbin. They are great for gift wrapping, sewing projects or just as decorative accessories.
The ribbons are available in: brown, blue/turquoise, natural/grey, violet/pink and green.
Available in two sizes: W5mm x L20m (£18) and W10mm x L10m (£20).

To view the entire new Peacock Blue accessories collection, please visit the website
Tel: (08450) 17 55 66

The Orrefors by Karl Lagerfeld collection - his first ever line of crystal, designed for the Swedish glass designer, will launch exclusively in Harrods on 15 September 2011, followed by Selfridges as well as independent retailers on 15 October 2011.

Knowing the artistic excellence of Orrefors to be comparable with the world of high fashion, Karl Lagerfeld designed a collection in his own image:

• Clean-lined, subtle and functional. The first members of the Lagerfeld crystal family are champagne flutes and coupes and wine, water and liqueur glasses.

• Transparent, black or milky white, sometimes engraved with the KL monogram, the series typifies the Karl Lagerfeld ethos of ultra-strict lines.

• And in the spirit of the designer’s well-known practicality, the series also includes monogrammed coasters, to prevent any trace of an errant drop on an immaculate tablecloth.

• Based on the same principle, the collection also features a large round bowl, a rectangular vase and a cylindrical vase, each poised on four crystal globes on transparent platforms.

• With its simple colour scale, its purity of lines and shapes, the flow of the material and the refinement of the details, each crystal contour of the Karl Lagerfeld series reflects timeless elegance.

The Karl Lagerfeld collection of Orrefors crystal will also be available in gift boxes containing pairs of monogrammed champagne flutes and separately sold boxes of engraved coasters to place under them.Prices for the Orrefors by Karl Lagerfeld collection range from £65 to £1,000.

The Orrefors glassworks has been a Swedish institution for over a century, carrying on the age-old tradition of hand-blown glass shaped by master artisans.

With its exquisite engravings, streamlined forms and colours ranging from delicate to rich, the Orrefors brand is one of the great symbols of Swedish design and luxury. It is a world-wide brand, gracing the finest tables such as the Swedish Royal Palace.

To View the exquisite Orrefors by Karl Lagerfeld collection, please visit the website.

Holly Lasseter creates and hand paints her fine china tableware collections at her home in Dorset.

If you fancy acquiring a piece of fine British craftsmanship, how about investing in a lovingly hand painted fine china tea set.

Holly’s designs are created from an original collection of botanical flowers, fruit and vegetables including insects and butterflies.

However, Holly is happy to discuss your personal requirements, as well as offering individual preferences with wording or any special motifs.

Every teacup tells a tale:

Standard collection prices - Teapots from £75, cups and saucers as featured here, from £38, plates from £25, large platters and bowls from £100.

All of the pieces are available online from the Holly Lasseter Designs website.

About

Holly has been hand painting fine china in her home in Dorset for over fifteen years.

Her collections range from one-off items, to complete dinner services, as well as tile pictures for kitchens and bathrooms.

Her timeless delicate designs are inspired by the natural world including flowers, fruit, vegetables and insects.

She deals exclusively with UK companies for her base china and for the supply, printing and make-up of her fabrics and textile products.

She also accepts private commissions – no task is too small or too great and she enjoys incorporating her clients’ special requests, to create truly unique pieces. You can even choose colours and designs to fit in with the interior decoration of your home.

To view Holly Lasseter’s charming collections of hand painted china, please visit the website.

Tel: (01305) 815784

The long awaited Royal Wedding Day has arrived at last!

We take great pleasure in presenting details of this gorgeous Royal Wedding Mug, crafted by Royal Worcester as part of a dazzling collection, featuring a specially commissioned portrait of HRH Prince William Of Wales and Kate Middleton.

The mug is hand decorated and finished in gold – truly a mug fit for a Prince and a wonderful addition to any Royal Commemorative collection.

So put the kettle on, fill up your mug and settle down, to enjoy this most significant Royal Wedding.

Royal Worcester has a long history of creating commemorative china for many Royal occasions and the Royal Wedding range is crafted from fine bone china and finished in 22 carat gold, making the pieces perfect collector’s items.

To view all of the stunning pieces in the Royal Wedding range and order yours, please visit the Royal Worcester website.

Tel: (01782) 743 456

Royal Worcester has announced plans for its commemorative china collection, to celebrate the happy occasion of the Royal Wedding between HRH Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton.

This elegant collection of fine bone china features a specially commissioned portrait of the couple on a selection of products including, Mug, Teacup & Saucer, a Coupe Plate as well as giftware including a Hinged Box and a Vase.

The design also features the symbols of the countries within the United Kingdom; the English Rose, the Irish Shamrock, the Scottish Thistle and the Welsh Daffodil.

This collection celebrating the forthcoming Royal Wedding has been hand-decorated by the finest crafts people in England and continues Royal Worcester’s long history of creating commemorative china for many Royal occasions.

Unequalled in its quality, the collection is crafted from fine bone china and finished in 22 carat gold, making it a must for serious collectors and those wishing to enjoy this historic occasion alike.
Prices for the collection start at £15 for a mug.

Please visit the website to see the complete Royal Worcester Royal Wedding commemorative collection.

Tel: (01782) 743 456 for stockist details.

Chantal Devenport Designs handpaints a range of personalised gifts for children and adults crafted in England.

This Easter they are offering their new personalised Easter tins and decorative gifts.

Why not decorate your Easter home with soft spring colours and charming designs this year, to make the festival extra special for all the family?

• The new collection features white Easter Egg Tins handpainted with names, little swinging bunnies with names and dates, wooden handpainted hanging eggs and personalised rabbit gift tags.

• Featured here are the Boys Easter Egg Tins now available in small £10, medium £18 and large £24. They are practical gifts with a strong visual appeal, which can be used again year after year, evocative in look with a fun modern-day twist.

• The bestsellers are the handpainted personalised white Easter egg tins, featuring pink or blue bunnies, charming little grey dogs or spring flowers.

• For a vintage feel there are handpainted wooden eggs with pink or blue bunnies.

• Also available are special gift tags, or for decoration the swinging white rabbits with gold leaf accents and pink and blue spotted wooden bunnies.

Priced from £4.50 for a personalised handpainted tag and £10 for a personalised Easter egg tin.

To view Chantal Devenport’s charming personalised and decorative Easter gifts, or place your order, please visit the website.

Tel: (0208) 995 6564

ATG Media is a company with a long and proud record of anticipating the needs of the industry it serves. When it was launched in 1971, the Antiques Trade Gazette transformed the sector, bringing auctioneers and auction buyers together more efficiently than ever before.

Here are seven reasons to visit the Selling Antiques website as presented by ATG Media:

• 1. Sellingantiques.co.uk is the UK’s largest antiques website which gives you a huge variety of options to choose from.

• 2. You can enter your price range so that you’ll only see antiques on budget - all other antiques are hidden from view.

• 3. Each antique is assigned to one of 350 categories (yes, by a human being), which makes the website neat, tidy and well organised into relevant sections.

• 4. You contact the antique dealer directly by telephone or email to ask questions and make the purchase.

• 5. A keyword search tool that actually works!

• 6. All antiques for sale are presented with large clear photos alongside the buying price, so you can see exactly what you’re buying clearly and simply.

• 7. Rather than searching through 100’s of dealers websites, the UK’s antiques dealers upload their stock to this one central website, which saves you hours or trawling time!

ATG Media offers a wide range of services to the auction community, from the highly respected Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper, to a wide range of online services, including world-leading online bidding platforms at the-saleroom.com and i-bidder.com.

Visit the UK’s largest antiques website to view the choice antiques on offer.

To celebrate the most exciting event of 2011, the wedding of HRH Prince William to Kate Middleton, Emma Bridgewater has designed several commemorative products.

The Royal Wedding collection comprises:

A One Pint Mug with gift box.

An 8 Inch Plate.

A Half Pint Spongeware Mug.

A Tea Towel.

The One Pint Mug and 8 Inch Plate bear the names Kate & William, the date of the wedding, and an illustration of Westminster Abbey.

The mug is priced at £40 and the plate at £20.

The Half Pint Spongeware Mug is hand decorated with a W&C, and has helicopters around its base as a representation of HRH Prince William’s duties as an RAF Search & Rescue Pilot. The mug is priced at £20.

The William & Kate Tea Towel in our picture, is vibrantly illustrated with Westminster Abbey and the Royal Lion. Priced at £10.

The Royal Wedding commemorative products will soon be available from Emma Bridgewater shops and on the website.

After a hard winter it is nice to think of spring being just around the corner, and the inspiration for this Kitty tea service from Herend, is the lovely spring flower the Tulip.

Kitty
The playful Kitty décor is a modernized version of Bouquet de tulipe, a pattern devised in the 1930s:

• In the centre stands a single, colourful, wind-swept ‘parrot’ tulip, its orange, yellow, red, mauve or blue petals conjured up with virtuoso brushwork.

• The cup of indented petals waves on the end of a supple stem, from which springs a pair of wavy leaves contoured in black.

• Round the ledge, springs a pair of wavy leaves contoured in black. It also has a gilded rim and surrounding motifs of tiny, bright meadow and garden flowers. This delightfully playful, cheerful décor is painted in six colour variants.

• The hand painted tulips which adorn the porcelain, seem to have flown unto the pieces in an unruly manner, their heads and leaves still tilting from the wind.

• This pattern is also available as a dinner service.

The service will fit into any decor be it classic, traditional or topical, and bring a ray of sunshine unto the table.

The teapot is £127.50 and the cup and saucer £76.50.

For more on the Herend decorative tableware designs and products, please visit the website.

Tel: (020) 7384 9722

Treat mum to a gift that lasts with one of Emma Bridgewater’s beautiful iconic designs. Offering a fabulous choice of products from textiles to personalised pottery, prices start at just £10.

For example:

Scattered flowers tea towel £10.

A brand new design for 2011, this pretty mug is decorated inside and out and captioned ‘A Big Thankyou For Mum’ £17.95.

Give flowers that will last forever with this pretty new Flowers Espresso cup & saucer £15.95. Pictured here.

Polka Hearts ‘Best Mum’ mug £17.95.

Buy the perfect personalised gift with a Pink Hearts Teapot just for Mum. Available in a choice of designs, the four cup teapot costs £50 + £1 per letter.

And much much more……….

About Emma Bridgewater.
Emma Bridgewater Ltd is a British company owned and run by Emma (née Bridgewater) and Matthew Rice. The core of the business is pottery, which is made with loving care in much the same way as it would have been in Victorian times when the factory was built.

The company was born in 1985, when Emma was looking for a birthday present for her mother. She wanted to buy a cup and saucer, but in the shops she couldn’t find anything that she liked; the choices seemed to be either bewilderingly formal bone china with stiff silver or gold patterns, or clunky earthenware.

She liked some of the colourful Italian designs that she saw, but being made of terracotta they would crack or chip in the dishwasher. It was one of those “kerching!” moments - here was the opportunity she had been looking for; the pottery she sought for her mum was what every cosy kitchen needed. So she set out to design it herself.

To view Emma Bridgewater’s wide selection of designer pottery and giftware, please visit the website.

Tel: 0844 243 9266