Tag: crockery

Categories / Food and Drink

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

Categories / Homeware

Heals retro-styled Blyton picnic hamper

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Ok, we'll admit it – we planned on featuring this as the perfect Easter accessory prior to the Easter weekend. Unfortunately the weather has turned a little, so you might want to wait a bit before using the Heals Blyton picnic hamper.

But when the sun does come out, this vintage-style kit will certainly turn heads in the open country. Designed for two people, it offers that red tin shell with a removable willow tray, along with a selection of suitable accessories – two ceramic mugs, two ceramic plates, two knife and fork sets, two embroidered cotton napkins, salt and pepper cruets, 1a mini insulated flask, a cotton plate bag and a cotton cutlery bag.

You can see that in more detail over the page and if you want one, Heals sells it online – £85 is the price.

Find out more at the Heals website

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Vintage crockery – and caravan – for hire from My Vintage Party

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There are lots of vintage crockery hire companies out there, such as Pretty Vintage which we featured just last month. But with My Vintage Party you can also hire a caravan.

'Lola' the caravan costs from just £49 to hire for an event. At just 8ft long it looks gorgeously decorated in a combination of vintage colours, polka dots and Cath Kidston fabrics. 

As well as this they offer all the teapots, cups, sugar tongs and cake stands for hire that you could want, as well as offering some for sale through their website. There are abundant goodies available on top of this, from bird cages to sweet jars: everything you need for the prettiest possible party.  

More details and a list of costs can be found on the My Vintage Party website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink, Homeware

Ben de Lisi’s 1950s-influenced homeware range for Debenhams

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Following on from the Jamie Oliver doormat earlier in the week, here's another range of slightly unexpected products: dress designer's Ben de Lisi's homeware range for Debenhams. The whole range is apparently influenced by his love of the 1950s modern movement, resulted in products like the mug pictured above, the 'Blocks mug'. He's also used the same bright colours and pattern on canvas prints. 

There's more tableware available too. Shard is another mug, this time decorated with grey and red slants of colour, while the Chatter collection is a white crockery range, each item trimmed or covered with a colourful brick-like pattern. 

The whole range is definitely worth a browse, with prices starting at £5 for the mug. 

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