Where were we with our nature-influenced design blog posts? We’ve been slightly sidetracked with the opening of our new shop.

_{Details of a vintage 1960s/70s calorific value tea towel}

We’ve previously looked at fish, birds, flowers and leaves – today it’s the turn of fruit & vegetables.

_{‘Eden’ design by Meakin & Figgjo Flint butter dish}

_{1950s strawberry bowl}

They’ve been used as inspiration in artwork, illustration, decorative objects and unsurprisingly kitchen and dining wares.

_{Hornsea Pottery & Goebel Pottery}

_{Pair of Arabia preserve pots}

Apples have always proved a very popular decorative subject, particularly strong during the 1960s & 70s it seems.

We love this glass apple designed by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors in 1955

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love – Song of Solomon, 2:5, King James bible.

Cookbook illustrations from the 1950s are a firm favourite of ours.

And obviously you’ll need something to put all this fruit & veg in!!

These are two nice recent finds – a 1960s globe cane fruit basket and a 1950s Rye Pottery fruit dish.