Accessories
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Table accessories
Table accessories can be anything from cruet sets, cheese
dishes, hors d’oeuvres and occasional dishes, to
toast racks, ashtrays and candlesticks. All were made
in Twintone to match
the dinner, coffee and tea services.
Decorative ware
Decorative ware includes not just pots, vases, jugs and
bowls, but a huge variety of posy vases, baskets, wall vases,
shell
vases and the famous yachts. Many of the shapes originated
in the John Adams era of the 1930s, but Alfred Read designed
a series of vase shapes especially for flower arranging in
the 1950s. In the design language of the time, they were
known as ‘freeform’, which describes the shape, though
sometimes people mistakenly use it to describe the patterns
painted on them. Some of the best-known shapes are the wave
bowls, made in three sizes. |