Posts Tagged ‘Villeroy and Boch’
Monday, December 14th, 2009
We were having our end of day glass of wine with some amazing cheese, wondering what to write for this week’s blog post… why not talk about cheese? We do love a bit of cheese in this house!
Of course you need something to store it in…
…to cut it on…
…and to serve it upon
Todmorden now has its own cheese-maker called Pextenement Cheese Co. They produce a lovely cheese called East Lee Soft – it’s absolutely perfect with crackers or oatcakes. We’re looking forward to trying the cheddar and Camembert-style cheeses they’re currently developing.
We’re quite well served with cheese retailers in our area. Special mention must go to The Cheese Place in Haworth. It’s about half an hour’s drive away, but well worth the trip. Friendly, knowledgeable owners – and great cheese.
So if we’re ever undecided as to which direction to head out… we think of those wise words from Wallace - “Gromit, that’s it… cheese… we’ll go somewhere where there’s cheese!”
Tags: Acapulco, Add new tag, Camembert, cheese, cheese board, cheese dish, cheese dome, Cheese Place, Dartington Crystal, East Lee Soft, food, Frank Thrower, Haworth, Pextenement, Rorstrand, Rorstrand Picnick, Todmorden, Toni Raymond Pottery, Villeroy and Boch, Wallace and Gromit
Posted in food, homewares, vintage | 5 Comments »
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Tags: "Miroslav Sasek", 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Acapulco, Alice and Martin Provensen, animals, Aries, Beefeater, birds, biscuit tin, Dean Mitchell, elephant, Emile Probst, fabric, Folk Tales of the World, glass, Hornsea Pottery, illustration, John Clappison, kangaroo, Kenneth Townsend, Life of St Martin, lion, Losmonosov, mouse, owl, Peaceable Kingdom, penguins, Sasek, Scandinavian, Shaker Abecedarius, Staffordshire Pottery, teak, This is Edinburgh, This is London, tiger, Villeroy and Boch, Walasse Ting, Washington Pottery, zoo
Posted in Scandinavian, books, ceramics, design, fabric, homewares, illustration, pottery, textiles, vintage | 3 Comments »
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Our current series of blogs is looking at the inspiration of nature on artists- previous themes being
fish,
birds and
flowers.
This week we’re putting leaves & leaf-inspired designs into the spotlight. Sometimes it’s the whole object that takes the form of a leaf as with the glass dish above, but more often it’s the decoration.
Lotus pattern enamelware designed by Grete Prytz Kittelsen for Cathrineholm of Norway – produced in many colours including green, yellow, blue, red, orange and black.
Leaves lend themselves very well to simple, pared down designs.
1950s leaf detailing
The repeating pattern of leaves on a stem is very strong visually.
Iden Pottery vase :: Boch Rambouillet plate
Villeroy & Boch jug
Bersa enamelware kettle
Designs were sometimes more free-flowing as in this 1950s Wade Pottery cup & saucer.
All the pieces above date from the 1950s, 60s and 70s – here are a couple of older examples. We love these rustic iron candle holders and have got quite a collection!
Victorian candle holders
PS – We’re not sure precisely which day yet- but the H is for Home website is going live next week. We’ll be doing our next blog on the day we go live- so stay tuned!
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Tags: Bersa, candle holders, Cathrineholm, foliage, Grete Prytz Kittelsen, Gustavsberg, Iden Pottery, leaf, leaves, nature, Norway, potato print, Rambouillet, Stig Lindberg, Villeroy and Boch, Wade Pottery
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