Giftware

Giftware

Decorative pieces for the home that also work as a present, and vases are the largest part of the range. Vase height decides where a piece goes more than the style does: 17cm to 25cm suits a shelf, windowsill or dining table, 30cm to 40cm suits a hall table or sideboard, and 48cm is a floor or console piece that holds a corner on its own. Ceramic and stoneware read traditional and take a hand-finished glaze, while copper and metal catch light and suit a modern room. Figurines and ornaments are the other half, running from small 13cm pieces up to 39cm statement figures, and the subjects here divide into farm and countryside animals, sentimental family groups, transport and novelty models. Hourglasses timed at 15, 30 and 90 minutes and decorative trays fill in the rest. Because most pieces arrive boxed, they work as a housewarming, birthday, Mother's Day or retirement gift without needing wrapping.

Tara Lane is the largest range by some distance, covering ceramic and stone vases from 17.5cm to 40cm, copper vases at 33cm and 48cm, earth ceramic jugs, two handled flower vases, pitcher vases, gold round and oblong trays, crackled vase book boxes, safari monkey figures and hourglasses in three timings. Naturecraft covers standing and sitting farm animals in cow, pig and lamb from 19cm to 34cm. Harvey Makin handles the transport and novelty ornaments including tractor, campervan, steam train, clipper boat, bicycle and golf buggy. The Grange Collection brings sentimental family and rainy day figurines from 13cm to 31cm plus USB indoor water fountains, and Country Living, Hestia, Dunlevy and Celebrations add hedgehogs, mushrooms, kingfishers, rabbits, embossed elephants and camper vans. See also Glassware, Mug Sets and Bathroom Decor.