Coffee & Tea

This boxed set of two different bone china mugs feature details of patterns from the work of Yayoi Kusama

Made in collaboration with the artist's studio and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Cindy Sherman has created this Limoges porcelain 21-piece tea service in a limited edition after the original design commissioned by the MADAME DE POMPADOUR (née Poisson) in 1756 at the Manufacture Royale de Sevres.

The self-portrait image of the artist as Madame de Pompadour has been transferred onto porcelain through a complex process which requires up to 16 photo-silkscreens. Each piece is silk-screened and painted at Ancienne Manufacture Royale, then individually signed and numbered.

This service is available in four traditional 18th-century colors: apple green, rose. royal blue and yellow. Each color is in an edition of 75.

Keep your drinks or food hot or cold with this Magda Archer-designed thermos/flask featuring her Playful rabbit motif on blue background.  Plus, the lid doubles up as a handy cup.

From our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Laura Letinsky is an American contemporary photographer who has a long-standing engagement with the traditional genre of still-life painting. The images in her photographs show a collection of objects, some of which are found and some of which are made. Those that she makes reference actual objects in her life like the forms found in the Molosco collection of white, hand-painted porcelain tableware with gold trim. This collection of functional wares dates back to 2009 when the artist was in need for a perfect bowl for serving soup. Having studied both photography and ceramics she began to experiment with finding the right bowl form and then quickly expanded to include plates, cups, serving platters and more bowls, all of which she eventually incorporated into her photography.

Letinsky then joined forces with Jose Noé Suro Salceda, owner of Ceramicasuro, a porcelain producer in Guadalajara, who is also an avid art collector and has a history of collaborating with contemporary artists like Judy Ledgerwood, Arturo Herrerra, Liam Gillick, Marcel Dzama, and Jorge Pardo. Together he and Letinsky set out to make the Molosco collection that maintains Letinsky’s artistic vision while being entirely usable.

This set of six espresso cups and saucers was designed by Sophie Calle for Bernardaud. Each cup and saucer tells the same story in French of Calle's experience having lunch with a man whose intelligence at first paralyzed but who eventually revealed himself as a regular mind only to leave her feeling the fool. Told in Calle's quick, humorous voice the story carries through from the saucer to the cup.

The story reads (translated from French to English):

(Saucer) His intelligence paralyzed me. He invited me to lunch with him. In order to prepare myself, I asked him what we were going to talk about. A derisory exercise in vain, but I also knew that it would calm me. Point-blank, he asked a question: What makes you get up in the morning? I thought all week. When the day came, I turned to him and he answered the question:

(Cup) The smell of coffee. We changed the subject. At the end of the meal we were served coffee, and I took the cup as a souvenir.

This matching teacup and saucer set is waiting to add some flavor to your morning coffee, afternoon tea, or after-dinner cappuccino. Featuring quotes from fashion and design icon Iris Apfel, each teacup is sure to inspire while you warm up with your drink of choice. Perfect gift for the host in your life.

Quotes:
Try it! You've only got one trip.
If your hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes you can get away with anything.
A woman needs two things in NY, a chauffeur and fur-lined raincoat.
If you're not interested you're not interesting.
A wrinkle is a badge of courage.
Sometimes you step on a bug and get inspired.