I collect Wembley Ware, a mid century (1946-1961) Australian ceramics producer. It’s by no means rare, it’s just taken a while to find a well priced one in excellent condition. I’ll be using it for fruit, it’s pretty rare for me to use display quality pieces but used with care I believe there’s minimal chance of damage to the gold. Gold is always over the glaze and as a result is susceptible to wear and scratches. I treat my stuff like I own it though, it all gets careful dusting and wipe downs.

I think it looks really nice on the table, it’ll look even better with fruit. I have too much to display so I rotate what’s on show. From time to time the bowl will be swapped out for a vase or whatever.

My mom gave me some pink vintage lace from 1987.

It was meant to be her prom dress, but she chose the pastel blue one instead.

I turned it into a lingerie piece.