After two and a half centuries, the Brit ceramic maker is still going strong. Few looks can match the classic good looks of Jasper Conran’s new Tisbury collection. Named after the village where Conran lives, the snazzy white plates, mugs, jugs, creamers, teacups, and teapots, with tactile ribbed relief border mix geometric shapes with strict precision. We adore Conran’s signature angled handles. It’s the perfect foundation dinner set.
Or add a touch of class to your table with Arris, a contemporary gilded pure white tableware with modernist, graphic prints which is all about rich eclecticism and freedom of expression. It mixes crisp white bone china with gold trim and luxe tea and coffee sets that hark back to the modernist designs of the 1960s. You can choose from a range of different geometric motifs, metallic finishes and crisp contours that can pack a lot of punch, completely changing the atmosphere of a table. Great personality pieces that will stop you from looking too safe.
Wedgwood Arris Collection
Look out too, for Gilded Muse gilt-embellished vases, plates and teacups in our gallery edit. It uses classic figures from the Wedgwood archives dating back to the 18th century in innovative ways. Seek out unique glossy bone china pieces with pixilated images of trad objects in gold matt finish. Elegant enough to display on walls, tables and shelves when not in use. They also make the ideal gift for the friend who has everything.
Wedgwood Gilded Muse Collection
Where Wedgwood really stands apart is its 250-year pedigree, going back to 1759, when Josiah Wedgwood — an inventor, a scientist and a marketer — developed jasper, porcelain with a dull surface and raised designs.
His creations are used by royalty, in major museums worldwide and the beautiful tabletop buys remain equally relevant today, appealing to all kinds of niche markets. For instance, the company sells a $72 dog bowl designed by Nick Munro; the jasper dish generated a bit of buzz when Elton John bought 12 – one for each of his dogs.
Wedgwood Arris Collection
So if you’re looking to set up from scratch, or simply wish to update your existing set, shop our picks now. They are the building blocks to the things you need to live well. Polished classics that strike a sophisticated note which you know will be a staple forever. Most pieces are sold individually or as a five-or-16-piece set. We love them all!
Wedgwood Arris Collection
THE CHINA RULES
- Go for light and fine china. Even if you’re not fussy about what you eat from, someone else will be.
- Choose a low maintenance classic that will make food look delicious.
- When you find a style you like, buy in generous quantities. Buy stacks of dinner plates: 20 is best.
- Forget fads, especially when it comes to plates. That means nothing square, oval or boat-shaped.
- Forget china cupboards. They have become a repository for everything you never use. Stack plates in gleaming piles on open shelving; you’ll use them all the time.
