Word: porcelain
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...Antiques a greater surprise. For within, there's a roaring fire in the grate, stags' heads hung on the walls, a vast dining-room table set with fine silverware and a mass of etched-glass ship's decanters on the handsome sideboard. In the kitchen are stacks of exquisite porcelain and a little gathering of tiny figures, each designed to hold toothpicks. "I only buy what I like to have in my home," says Ravestijn, of her house where everything?from the 18th century glass jars in the sumptuous bathroom to a sharkskin box holding fruit knives?is for sale...
...Groovy Snack range by Joanne Windaus Stylishly sleek and functional, Windaus' work is the Audi of the porcelain world. The British-born, Bauhaus-influenced designer, who has lived in Germany for 30 years, brings unusual geometries to everyday items. Yet these finely corrugated pieces, equally at home with sushi or Continental breakfast, show that form can follow function. www.joannewindaus.com...
...watch and Hermès' new soft, foldable Kelly bag, are getting the bleach treatment. If the upkeep of a crisp white wardrobe becomes an issue, there's always the home-décor route. B&B Italia's Tufty-Time leather sofa and trendy Belgium-based Studio Job's ornate porcelain plates will instantly freshen up any interior...
...Studio Job for Royal Tichelaar Makkum porcelain plates ($60 to $400, www.tichelaar.nl...
...abduction of Irish-born CARE International worker Margaret Hassan. "She was a very smart woman, but she was also a lady in the old-fashioned sense," he recalls. "So that you'd arrive and she'd have a cup of tea for you in a beautiful porcelain cup." There is nothing beautiful about his portrayal of Hassan's hooded fate, Executed, 2004, with its horrific abstraction of beseeching hands and horned feet. But then, Gittoes suggests, war can't be reduced to a single image or soundbite; it is, by its very nature, cacophonous and senseless...