There's no need for your glasses to look dull, just check out these retro water glasses from Rockett St George.
Each glass is decorated with an illustration of a label featuring an old-fashioned advertisement for water. There's also the nice touch of the bottle-style bottom to each glass, further adding to the retro feel.
Simple and easy, a set of three glasses costs £12.
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Just when you think he couldn't get more colourful or more retro, Jonathan Adler takes it up a notch. His new product range Higgins for Jonathan Adler features eye-catching mobiles made by Higgins Studio – a mid-century glass studio.
Higgins Studio was founded in 1948 in the suburbs of Chicago and became renowned for their innovative techniques. These glass mobiles have been especially created for Adler and reflect his love of colour and fun, as well as having a distinctive period look.
The craftsmanship behind the mobiles means that they don't come cheap. The pink mobile pictured costs $895, or you can get a blue model for $495.
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There's a lot of old decanters in junk shops and antique fairs, but thanks to Lee Broom and his Decanter suspension light range, there might be a few less in the future.
These are indeed lead crystal drinks decanters sourced from antique markets and vintage shops. Available in two finishes, the decanters are either left in their natural clear crystal or a unique polished gold has been applied for a more 'contemporary' finish.
Prices for the finished lighting start at £295.
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Proper butter on a toasted crumpet is one of life's great treats and what better way to ensure your butter is kept at it's very freshest than in this moulded glass dish?
Based on an orginal American design sourced from a flea-market, this is a classic bit of retro-style for your kitchen.
The dish measures 7cm x 17cm and holds half a pound of butter.
It costs £13.50 from Garden Trading.
We're big fans of the work of Joe Colombo, but here's something a little less obvious, although every bit as eye-catching as his mopper obvious work – the Arnolfo Di Cambio Smoke glassware.
It was described as 'the interpretation of cultivated society's new shape', as seen by Joe Colombo back in 1964. Made from blown crystal, the glasses feature a particular shape that allows them to be held in one hand along with a cigarette – ergonomically designed to be gripped from the base with a single thumb, keeping the other fingers free.
In these days of smoking being less socially acceptable, Smoke is still a great example of 60s space age design, from a man forever associated with it. Not cheap, as you might have guessed, £109 for two glasses.
Something really stunning on eBay right now – this Kalmar 'ice' chandelier from the 1960s.
Why 'ice'? Well, just look at it – it could be a block of ice for your ceiling. It is in fact a hand-blown glass chandelier by J.T. Kalmar, designed to look like ice, hiding slots for seven bulbs, all of which is suspended by a metal pole from the ceiling.
In the right house, it will be a really impressive talking point. Check out more images on the site, with a price right now of £97.16.
