We recently returned from a family holiday in France and unsurprisingly we explored a couple of second hand shops and stumbled upon this little French fat lava item by a pottery in Vallauris.

We also bought a couple of old ceramic bottles which have found a home between the plants in our garden.

Our final ceramic purchase was two mugs from a small studio pottery Mains d’argile (Hands of Clay) in the delightful little village of Tusson (Charente). Made by Marjolaine and André Sobieraj and selected after much deliberation between owls, elephants and antelopes.