At a touch of the old time fairground to your front door with these vintage style Ceramic Door Numbers from Pussy Home Boutique. The glazed ceramic numbers are hand painted in a Victorian circus-style font and finished in gloss.
A subtle retro statement for the outside of your home that's unique, weatherproof and purse-friendly at only £1.99 per tile.
Available from Pussy Home Boutique. Visit their website for more details.
Vintage typewriters are having something of a style moment. I've lost track of the amount of objects they've cropped up on recently, from brooches and earrings to cushions and bags. The latest to use their good looks is this Typewriter ceramic vase by House Doctor DK.
The vase is made from white ceramic and is decorated with a simple black motif of a typewriter, and a string of type coming out of the machine. Like this? There's also a vase available featuring another fashionable motif of the moment – the bicycle.
The vase costs £22.50.
Pre-order it from Bodie and Fou
Dwell is well known for its high street take on designer looks. This season it adds a bit of festive sparkle into its collection of accessories which includes this gold ceramic pineapple.
As you know, any well-stocked retro bar comes complete with a pineapple ice bucket. This ornament takes inspiration from that look. Admittedly less useful than an ice bucket, the ornament wins full points for kitsch glamour.
The pineapple costs £29.95.
Buy it online
Dupenny’s ever so slightly risqué burlesque illustrations can now be found on a range of ceramics.
The Dupenny Burlesque Dinner Plates feature four designs, Scarlet, Gigi (against red backgrounds), Peaches and Ophelia (against teal backgrounds). The plates measure 26cm and cost £25 each, or you can buy a set of four, containing one of each design for£100. The same lovely ladies also appear on side plates (£20 each) or mugs (£12).
Visit the Dupenny website to view the whole range.
Fan of vintage textile design? Take a look at these 1950 fabric design mugs from Prey.
Bath-based Prey have reproduced charming vintage designs onto mugs – such as the Houses design shown – creating lovely pieces in their own right. The mugs are available featuring two further colourful prints, entitled Fruit Bowls and Soda Siphon.
The same designs have also been reproduced on storage tins. Sadly these are currently out-of-stock, though you can enter your email address on the website to be notified when they're back on sale.
The mugs cost £9.95 each.
See them online
The Isamu Noguchi lamps of the 1950s have certainly been an inspiration for many modern-day pieces, even from the likes of Ikea. So it's no surprise to see the look turning up again – with a twist – in the Jonathan Adler Relief Drip ceramic lamp.
The profile is very much the same – that usual bulbous shade and tripod-style base, this time in polished nickel. But this is no paper shade, the one here is an unglazed translucent porcelain with perforations, a 150-watt bulb making sure the lamp emits a strong glow from within.
Available directly from the Jonathan Adler site, price is $295.
