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The New English Anatomica Ceramics

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My first instinct on see the Anatomica range was to recoil in horror, but on further investigation it is an interesting collection.

Designed b y Lisa Turner for The New English, the collection consists of breakfast, cake and bread plates, mugs and tea cup and saucer sets. The design is inspired by the 19th century’s newly discovered fascination with the human body and shows a Victorian gentleman with his inner workings exposed. Prices start from £18 for a mug up to £69 for a coffee cup and saucer.

View the whole collection at Lifestyle Bazaar.

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Electric Avenue Trays

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A new product from People Will Always Need Plates is always something to celebrate. Their latest range are these Electric Avenue Trays.

The illustration celebrates the past 200 years of British architecture with the different styles of homes we have had. The streets are complete with the type of transport typical of that period. The trays are available in two sizes, a large one (43cm by 33cm) and a small (27cm by 20cm), which cost £25 and £17.50 respectively. The colours are People Will Always Need Plates signature pop art shades – process blue or 70s green for the large trays or blood orange or magenta for the small.

Buy the trays directly from People Will Always Need Plates.

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Wire Coffee Table/Magazine Rack

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This Wire Coffee Table/Magazine Rack draws inspired from the wire furniture of the 1950s and 1960s such as Knoll’s .Platner chair or the Bertoia Diamond armchair.

We like these wire furniture, but we also like multi-purpose pieces, where this item also scores highly. It functions as a coffee table and magazine rack, but the wooden top can also be lifted off and used separately as a tray. It costs just under £110 which is a particularly good price if you look at it as three items in one.

Buy it online from Rockett St George.

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Utterly scrumptious picnic napkins

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When you're planning the next picnic in your local park make sure you bring these utterly scruptious  picnic napkins form John Lewis.

The design is 1920s-inspired and will sit perfectly with some dainty cakes and pastries and will make any event a little more special. It also fits in with the Royal Wedding mania gripping the country and comes in a pretty presentation pack.

They come in a box of 30 and you can get yours from John Lewis online.

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Deco-style Zeta lamp by Pied a Terre

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We've featured quite a few space age lighting designs this week. For lighting that looks to another era and another style, take a look at this Zeta lamp by Pied a Terre. 

It's a unusual table lamp that apparently draws inspiration from the Art Deco era and it's certainly a glamorous object, full of angles and reflective surfaces that are typical of that style. However, I can't help feeling that their take on Deco has been filtered through '70s design too. The mixture of chrome and smoked acrylic rods used in the lamp reminds me of another glamorous style – seventies disco.

Whatever your take on the lamp, it costs £120.

Buy it from House of Fraser

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Glass cake stand by Laura Ashley

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Forget expensive afternoon tea at a hotel or restaurant, and step back to the 1950s and throw your own with this elegant cream glass cake stand by Laura Ashley.

It's so delicate you'll need to behave in a very dainty manner around it and it's craving some square cucumber sandwiches and minature-sized cakes and pastries. You won't have escaped the Royal Wedding fever being pushed from every direction, so why not embrace it and throw your own cake party with this regal cake stand.

It's everything you need to complete your tea party needs and only £28 from Laura Ashley online.