These are the big eyes of our latest owl – in this case, a pottery money box.

They never stay with us long as these feathered friends are consistently popular in our shop.

Whether in the form of money boxes, mugs, pot stands, textile prints, pictures or book illustrations.

We’ve blogged a fair few times about the great illustrator, Kenneth Townsend. He designed the cutest owl as part of his Menagerie series – apparently the owl was his favourite animal!

Another wonderful illustrator with a thing for owls was Celestino Piatti who once said, “You can draw an owl a thousand times, and never find out its secret”.

image credit: Fishink

We’ve had a quick trawl on the web for some more owls – here are some favourites:

image credit: Vintage Kids” Books my Kid Loves

Wise Ol’ Canister, Orange: £118 – Anthropologie

Happy owl open edition print by Matte Stephens: $35 – Etsy

image credit: mmmcrafts

image credit: Shailesh Chavda