Handmade, small-batch studio pottery for collectors and enthusiasts — this is the Christmas gift guide for the ceramics lover in your life. Coffee genuinely does taste better from a beautiful thrown mug, and we have the full range of makers and styles here at Ondine Ash, our curated shop on the Old High Street in Falmouth, Cornwall, to prove it. Whether you’re after a considered Christmas gift for someone who already has plenty of kitchenware, a unique birthday present for a ceramic enthusiast, or an artisan Christmas gift for the person who always notices what a table is set with, this is the place to start.
Pip Hartle’s wheel-thrown stoneware dominates the collection — black and indigo blue mugs, beakers, plates, table bowls, pillar and straight-sided candlestick holders, stubby candle holders, jugs and large serving dishes, all in her calm, graphic palette. Liz Vidal brings her dipped-glaze mugs in blue, caramel and earth alongside oil pourers, jugs, incense holders, candle holders and soap dishes — one of our most gifted makers, particularly at Christmas, because the pieces are so clearly considered without feeling intimidating. Leach Pottery’s classic Standard Ware mugs in dolomite white and ash green, mixing bowl sets, prepping bowl sets, nesting bowls in four sizes, jugs and a pestle and mortar are the most iconic British studio pottery pieces in the collection — a Leach Pottery bowl set or pestle and mortar makes a significant, meaningful Christmas gift for someone who appreciates the history and craft behind the name.
Brickett Davda’s design-led mugs and bowls in blossom pink, mustard yellow, brick pink, carbon grey and leaf green are the colour-collector’s Christmas ceramic gift — each piece hand-pressed in Brighton and designed to mix and match across colourways. Wildwood Ceramic Studio’s hanging plant pots in four glazes, white dipped plant pots, oil pourers in five designs, circle-glazed bowls and black glaze pots make considered gifts for the ceramics lover who also loves plants. Tim Lake’s reduction-fired faceted vase in dolomite grey is a statement Christmas ceramic gift for someone building a considered home, and Annabel Roberts’ hand-painted vine utensil pot brings the same one-off character to something small and practical.
All gift-wrapped in beautiful tissue from our shop in Falmouth, Cornwall — the whole thing sorted in one place.
Makers
Annabel Roberts, Botanique Workshop, Brickett Davda, Eloise Rose Design Studio, Leach Pottery, Liz Vidal, Pip Hartle, Tim Lake, Wildwood Ceramic Studio
