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Welovekaoru nautical tea service

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Nautical_set

You may remember Welovekaoru's nautical but nice tea cup and saucer featured last year. Well, the design has now been applied to an entire tea service. 

The service includes all the mugs and plates you'll need to set sail on the high seas for high teas in high style. All the items are decorated with the blue and white stripe and anchor insignia and the design of the objects, such as the elegant shape of the teapot, suits the pattern well. The set is made in England from bone china. 

Prices range from £10 for a sugar bowl and go up to £50 for the all important teapot. 

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Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

‘Our dinners are a real eye opener’ 1940s design poster

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Trainspotters poster

We've previously featured the reclaimed vintage fittings and posters from Trainspotters. They've now issued their own poster: this unusual 'Our dinners are a real eye opener' print. 

The design is reproduced from a 1940s original and, as it was obviously once from a cafe or restaurant, would look great in a kitchen. 

It's been produced as a limited run and costs £80. 

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Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Op Art style glass storage jar from Sabichi

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Sabichi storage

Many retro kitchens seem to focus on the 1950s diner look. So it's refreshing to see this Op Art style storage jar, produced by Sabichi. 

The black and white design of disappearing circles could have stepped straight out of the 60s. And, as well as being stylish, it's practical too. Made of glass, it holds 0.7 litres of whatever you'd like to put in it! If you like this design, they produce a slightly larger jar also with a black and white geometric design. 

This jar costs a very reasonable £9.99. 

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Categories / Food and Drink, Travel

All Zones London Transport teapot

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London Transport teapot

Fancy a cuppa? If you've got lots of thirsty mouths to sate and a fondness for transport related products, you may well be interested in the All Zones Transport teapot. The perfect partner to the 'Why not a canteen job?' tea towel featured last year, it's a London Transport canteen themed tea pot. 

Made from white ceramic, it features the London Transport logo on the side in a muted grey and also as a roundel on top of the lid. It also holds a hefty six cups of tea. Perfect if you can't be bothered transporting yourself from the sofa. 

The teapot costs £22 from Whitbread Wilkinson. 

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Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

Fairbridge Glasgow classic cafes calendar

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Fairbridge cafe calendar

Walk down the high street in a British town and it's easy to get depressed about all the chain stores. Celebrate some unique eateries with this Glasgow classic cafes calendar. It contains lovely black and white photographs taken by young people working with the Fairbridge charity in the city. 

People who know Glasgow will be able to recognise many of the places such as Boni's cafeteria or Tomasso's but it's got enough Formica tables, classic condiments and great retro signs to satisfy any connoisseur of the humble caff. 

You can see more of the photographs they took for the project on flickr or get the calendar for £9.99

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Solitaire vintage plate place mats

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Solitaire table mats

These plate mats from Solitaire offer an easy way of adding a touch of vintage style to your dinner table. Each cotton mat is hand printed with a colourful illustration of a vintage place setting, complete with plate, knife and fork. You just need to hope that your actual crockery isn't shown up by your place mat! 

The mats cost £6.50 each. 

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