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Z is for… Zoo

We’ve reached the end of the alphabet… and ‘Z’ is for zoo. Our virtual zoo is full of animals beautifully interpreted in pottery, glass, textiles, book illustrations and more. All our animals are well looked after… and there’s no entrance fee!!

1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend
Detail from a vintage fabric peg bag
Vintage glass ram designed by Pavel Pánek for Rudolfova Hut Glass, part of the SKLO UNION Group of Czechoslovakia
Vintage children’s book cover
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius
Vintage 1960s ‘Beefeater’ steak plates by Washington Pottery
Vintage 1970s Staffordshire pottery mug
Vintage 1960s/70s Hornsea pottery mug
‘Life of St Martin’ illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966
Vintage 1960s ‘Acapulco’ chopping board by Villeroy & Boch
‘Acapulco’ chopping board detail
Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque of a snail designed by Ib Antoni for Bing and Grøndahl
Illustration from ‘This is London’ by Miroslav Sasek, 1959
Illustration from ‘This is Edinburgh’ by Miroslav Sasek, 1961
Detail from a vintage 1950s Cadbury biscuit tin
Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR
Illustration by Dean Mitchell from ‘Folk Tales of the World, Australia’, 1965
Little felt elephant made in Nepal
Vintage 1960s/70s pottery owl plaque
Vintage 1960s Danish teak mouse
Tiger print by Walasse Ting

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