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On 8 Feb 2006, I attended the "Annual Tableware Exhibition" at the Tokyo Dome. I took more than 150 photos, but will only share a few of my favorites.

This porcelain china is made by one of my most favorite china makers in Japan. It was made by Okura China (made in Yokohama) for a television drama series.

This company is noted for the lovely cobalt blue on white porcelain with hand-embossed gold.

And, yes... I have almost a full set of their china, but my pattern is one of their older and more traditional (easily recognized) patterns (which is white with a blue rose).

White Tableware by HyperBob

Arabia are perhaps the best known designer of tableware in Finland, and you really have to pay through the nose to get Arabia style.

So there I was in Anttila looking for some hinges when I came across some stylish white cups and tea pots. I was drawn to the severe clean lines and simplicity of the desgin.

Every single piece had some sort of flaw. It looked like small bits of green grass baked into the glaze. There was no rhyme or reason regarding the occurance of these delicate markings. I imagined a monk burning grass on a bronze platter and whill it was aflame blowing the ash and bits of grass over the unglazed plates and cups before they were fired in the oven. Each item was unique and idividual.

There was no label on the base of any of the items. I thoroughly liked the idea that they were not branded. Neither were they priced. There was a swarm of women picking up beautiful soup tureens, and enormous serving plates

And the price? Well let me just say everything was sold by kilo weight.

monos "POLAR ICE" by Lisa Pinehill

Polar bear and penguin ice tray produced by monos.

The North and South Poles in your Glass.: monos "POLAR ICE"

TABLEWARE by VICTORIA Design

IMG_2246 by Riki Gil

A pair of chopsticks by ybuckeye

Japanese lacquer-coated chopsticks.

Tableware by VICTORIA Design

TABLEWARE by VICTORIA Design

Fire King matching bowls by merebearlandon

I already had two in plain green.

Canisters by 清春

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Tableware by VICTORIA Design

Tableware by Mike

Olympus XA Test Roll

Wamon by HASAMI by Lisa Pinehill

Soba choko cups.

They produced by HASAMI.

Simple but pretty. "Soba choko" cups / "Wamon" by HASAMI

TABLEWARE by VICTORIA Design

EATART tableware (2019) by Mayako Nakamura

EATART

www.flickr.com/photos/ma85/albums/72157661541441512

Riso Porcelain www.risogama.jp

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Roman Tableware by Marc Hagen

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Musée Saint-Loup, Troyes

Tableware by VICTORIA Design

Salt cellar, design by Aldo Bakker, photo by Erik and Petra Hesmerg by Redesign Magazine

www.aldobakker.com/

Army tableware by PAN Photo

The soldier supplies food by army tableware to RA Minister of Defense and Prime Minister. Victory Park of Yerevan, Armenia © PanARMENIAN Photo / Sedrak Mkrtchyan

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Banana Fibre Baskets 2 by Nkuku Fairtrade

Banana Fibre Baskets

These exquisite baskest have been skilfully handmade from banana fibre. The baskets are the work of artisans working as part of an organisation established to provide opportunities for disabled people to achieve social and economic integration by trading.

Size

Large (36cm(l) x 28cm(w) x 9cm(h)

Small 27cm(l) x 18cm(w) x 6.5cm(h)

Colour

Natural

Available online from Nkuku

Cutglass "Karai" by Lisa Pinehill