Animals Hand-Painted Slipware Dinner Plates – 9.5in/24cm (Set of 6)

Animals Hand-Painted Slipware Dinner Plates – 9.5in/24cm (Set of 6)Tradition lives on through Poterie dvires, as each collection is informed by the rich heritage of its home, Haute Savoie. The studio refuses to stand still, so the design language is always fresh and new. But while this aspect evolves, the making formula stays the same: the clay is prepared, turned, decorated, fired, manipulated and glazed, using a wood burning kiln of five cubic meters' capacity and the art of the hand touch. The resultswhich are

from cotton wool and hair ties to tiny trinkets

It's a joy to hold

Skilled craftspeople from Usiacurí

The Squiggle collection from The Table Love is as playful as it sounds

balsamic vinegar

Christofle’s ergonomic jigger is part of the brand’s GRAPHIK collection

is moved by the quirks and unpredictability of the natural stone

flexible and discreetly stamped with the Smythson insignia

are driven by the homespun quality of patchwork – a technique she calls “an ancient recycling system”

They’re plucked from the 1950s and feature multiple indentations – some for oysters

Handcrafted by skilled potters in Gers’ Cape Town workshop in smooth earthenware

Richard Brendon’s elegantly modern barware makes cocktail hour all the more pleasurable