Like LSA's Zabo vases we featured earlier in the year, you'd be forgiven for thinking these Rooster mugs were an older Scandinavian item. In fact they are another contemporary design by Monika Lubkowska-Jones. The mugs have a folk art look, each mug featuring a slight variant on a basic design of the silhouettes of two roosters.
A set features all four designs, each on a different colour mug, and costs £20.
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We've seen the attractive results of Donna Wilson's work for SCP on furniture including the Eadie armchair and the Mabel sofa. Now she's applying her same retro styling to SCP's first china collection: the Sprig tableware range.
The range covers jugs, mugs, cups and saucers, salad bowls and the plate pictured above. Each piece features a variation on the 1950s-esque pattern of leaves and other flora and comes in a choice of three colourways.
Prices range from £12.95 for the mug up to £53 for the salad bowl. The side plate costs £19.50.
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Nautical looks are a long standing staple for retro clothing scene and they seem to be moving slowly into homewares – probably because historically most things used on boats are practical but not pretty. This nautically inspired tea cup and saucer made by welovekaoru happily fulfils both those categories.
While the old-fashioned looking anchor bearing the words 'Steady as she goes' taps into the trend for designs bearing sailor-style tattoos, the hand-painted blue stripe against the white of the cup and saucer keeps it looking nice and fresh. It's the perfect thing for teaming with one of the many sailor inspired outfits out there.
The tea cup and saucer costs £22.
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You may remember the fantastic pin-up girl wrapping paper we featured last month. Well, Crumpet and Skirt (still one of the best names for a company I've heard) now are also selling these Pin Up mugs.
Plain white and demure on the outside, inside the bottom of each mug is an illustration of one of their saucy 'Tease Maids'. Guaranteed to raise a smile with your morning cup of tea! Each mug costs £7.49.
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The mugs are available in red, charcoal or orange and cost £7.99 each.
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The title of this product makes no secret that it's looking back a few decades: Sagaform have named this the retro tea cup and saucer, part of several pieces in a new 'retro' range. Lotta Odelius has looked to the 1950s to produce this attractive pattern, featuring naturally-inspired blue and green shapes on a white base.
This tea cup and saucer costs £14.50 while a storage jar featuring the same pattern is available for £12.50.
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