Animals Hand-Painted Slipware Mugs (Set of 6)

Animals Hand-Painted Slipware Mugs (Set of 6)Tradition lives on through Poterie dvires, as each collection is informed by the rich heritage of its home, Haute Savoie. The studio refuses to stand still, so the design language is always fresh and new. But while this aspect evolves, the making formula stays the same: the clay is prepared, turned, decorated, fired, manipulated and glazed, using a wood burning kiln of five cubic meters' capacity and the art of the hand touch. The resultswhich are

It includes a pewter Martini cocktail jug

The Gaia creamer

This boxwood and ebony chess set from the 19th century is presented in a box with a hinged lid and green baize interior

Designed by Jeffrey Bilhuber and handmade by experts in Son Mai lacquer

the ivory tapers are dripless and smokeless and burn for seven hours

During the 1950s

and they’ll no doubt tell you it starts with the perfect stein – fortunately

from group soirées to intimate tables for two

The Caorle vase

moisture-resistant calf leather and ringed with chrome-plated brass

they also make wonderful pinch bowls

it incorporates hand-painted accents and medical-grade steel from a Devon mill