Category: Food and Drink

There aren’t many things more civilised than taking afternoon tea with cakes presented on a tiered cake stand. The wonderfully named Let Them Eat Cake specialise in making cake stands from vintage china.

Their readymade selection includes pieces made from bright coloured crockery from the Forties, Fifties and Sixties which is just the right side of twee. Many of the designs are topped off with a cup, which allows the stands to be used for serving goodies other than cakes. Let Them Eat Cake will also make cake stands using your own old plates, giving a new lease of life to mismatched pieces.

The readymade cake stands costs between £40 and £65, with prices on application for bespoke pieces. Visit the Let Them Eat Cake website for further details.

Moving away from the beloved Unikko print, here is another Marimekko product. The Keisarinkruunu Mug features another print by Isola, dating back to 1966.

The yellow, grey, black and white pattern doesn’t immediately suggest the Sixties and reminded me of the designs by Peter Saville for Factory Records, which isn’t a bad thing at all.

The mug is available to buy online from Saga Living for $10 (around £6).

Whilst those of us in the Northern Hemisphere won’t be going on any picnics until next year, the colder months do bring bonfires, firework displays and Halloween, not to mention watching sport in the cold. So you could probably still put this Vintage Twin Flask to good use.

It dates back to the 1960s or 1970s and has a “twin airpot” vacuum flask system that allows you to carry hot and cold drinks at the same time. Alternatively, you could fill one side with tea and one side with coffee to give yourself a choice!

It costs £25 for H is for Home and comes with the original box. Visit the H is for Home website to buy.