Victor Hand-Glazed Ceramic Large Oval Platter

Victor Hand-Glazed Ceramic Large Oval PlatterThe Victor platter from Astier de Villatte is steeped in old world charm. Its handcrafted in the Parisian workshop from black terracotta clay and fashioned with scalloped edges. Note the irregularities in the signature white glaze that celebrate ideas of the imperfect a theme thats piqued the founders interest since the beginning.

The mouth-blown piece highlights the maker’s commitment to contortion – slowly rotate it to see the minute differences that pop up from each angle

British brand Geoffrey Parker is supplier to Monte Carlo’s Backgammon World Championship – the third-generation family business

a wooden-brass rake

Ifuji's medium Italian wooden tray is beautifully formed with a softly scalloped rim

This mahjong set – a collaboration with master Chinese craftsman Liu Jin – has hand-carved ox bone and bamboo tiles

Michel Frank’s Bauhaus rattan styles from the 1930s

you’ll find six heavy stainless steel balls and two wooden jacks that double up as target balls

revealing the individual hand of each ceramicist

This nutcracker certainly brings the theatricality to cooking and serving

or double them up as a vide poche

the Panama backgammon roll comes in the same hard-wearing crossgrain calf leather

once dried