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Avoca Button Ceramics

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This sugar and cream stacker is one item from the Avoca Button Ceramics range, which are all decorated with a print of colourful vintage buttons. The two pieces fit neatly together to make it easier to carry out for afternoon tea.

The collection includes a mug, two sizes of teapot (2 or 6 cup), side plate, cup & saucer and a butter dish. The sugar and cream stacker costs £19.95 with the rest of the collection ranging from £9.95 for the mug up to £39.95 for the large teapot.

View the whole collection online at the Bloomsbury Store.

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The Vintage Table

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Product17Having a lot of people around for afternoon tea? Let The Vintage Table lighten the load.

The Vintage Table supplies crockery for hire for events around London, the twist being – as you might expect from the name – that the crockery is all vintage. It ranges in date from the 1920s through to the '60s and includes such charming gems as the coffee pot pictured which is from the 1930s.  The service grew out of the personal ceramics collection of the owner Claire and has no doubt been helped along by her antique dealer father. 

The company offers the hire, set-up and styling and even washing-up, if desired. To give you an idea of price, hire of crockery for afternoon tea for 50 people costs £240. 

Find out more online

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Folklore and Fun Plates

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Etsy seller Ninainvorm specialises in ceramics and is particularly fond of mid-century designs. Many of her products are vintage ceramics that she has updated with colourful, playful twists as is the case with her Folklore and Fun Plates.

Here she has taken vintage 1960s breakfast plates and added some brightly coloured circles, hearts and bunting to the existing pattern of people in traditional Dutch folk outfits. You can buy an individual plate for around £26 (although postage from the Netherlands will bump this price up considerably) or you can order a set of six plates to be customised for you, priced around £156. Alternatively, if you don’t mind a few imperfections, there are also some “seconds” for sale, where the printing hasn’t come out quite right, priced just under £19.

Visit Ninainvorm’s Etsy shop to order.

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Katrin Moye Leaf Ceramics

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In a similar style to the 1950s Elm Leaf products from John Lewis that we mentioned yesterday, ceramic design Katrin Moye also have a range of retro-inspired Leaf Ceramics.

Her leaf pattern is in green and made up of lots of tiny dots. The design was created for ECP Design and adorns mugs, bowls, egg cups and jugs.

The collection seems to be out of stock currently at ECP Design, but if you can't wait to buy it, Cool Calm Collected has the 500ml jug (£17.99) and the curved mug for £9.99.

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Hannah Turner Birdy Egg Cup

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Having recently mentioned Hannah Turner’s ceramic birds, now seems like a good time to show her Birdy Egg Cups.

These have similar quirky retro looks to her classic ceramic birds, but with the added functionality of being able to serve up your boiled eggs in it. There are four designs in the collection; red, orange or blue (decorated with feather/leaf patterns) or green (decorated with a circles pattern).

Each egg cup costs £24 and can be bought from Hannah Turner’s website.

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Hannah Turner Pompom Tableware

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We featured Hannah Turner’s most famous work, her ceramic birds, way back in 2007, but now the ceramic designer’s range also includes the Pompom Tableware collection.

The pompom design is made up of spirals and flowers in retro colours against blue and pink backgrounds. The teapot (£29.5), tall jug (£27) creamer jug (£16) have a slightly unusual shape which adds to their quirkiness. There is also a mug and a bowl ( both £14) in the range.

View the whole collection at Not on the High Street.