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Box of 5.
Collected as souvenirs from European Grand Tours in the first half of the C19th, intaglios featured profiles of great mythological figures and scenes. This set of five weekend sized guest soaps is no different and is its own complete collection.
Each of the five colours available are gently perfumed with a fresh and inspired fragrance;
Blue - Aqua minerals and sea kelp.
Yellow - Basil and neroli blossom.
Pink - Cardamon and Mimosa.
Green - Eucalyptus.
Lilac - Lavender.
Painstakingly cast in two parts. The white relief is an unscented soap, hardened with a touch of beeswax to give longevity through use to the classical detailing. While the rich body of these soaps is made using Rowse honey, giving it excellent qualities to calmly clean and moisturise.
One box contains 5 x 25gm bars of soap.
Made by hand in London.
NO MORE TRADE ORDERS FOR 2025 - AVAILABLE IN 2026
Box of 5.
Collected as souvenirs from European Grand Tours in the first half of the C19th, intaglios featured profiles of great mythological figures and scenes. This set of five weekend sized guest soaps is no different and is its own complete collection.
Each of the five colours available are gently perfumed with a fresh and inspired fragrance;
Blue - Aqua minerals and sea kelp.
Yellow - Basil and neroli blossom.
Pink - Cardamon and Mimosa.
Green - Eucalyptus.
Lilac - Lavender.
Painstakingly cast in two parts. The white relief is an unscented soap, hardened with a touch of beeswax to give longevity through use to the classical detailing. While the rich body of these soaps is made using no sweat clear soap, giving it excellent qualities to calmly clean and moisturise.
One box contains 5 x 25gm bars of soap.
Made by hand in London.
With top notes of citrus, middle notes of spice it's the base notes that include Vetiver, Cedar wood and Tobacco, that evoke the imagery for Obelisk.
These handmade candles with a woven natural cotton wick have a steady burn and excellent scent throw. Please read safety and burning instructions on the base of the votive before lighting. The 12 3/4oz candle comes boxed and has a 60 hour burn time. Handmade in London.
These 55cm tall obelisks have complex interior structures to support their great height, and it takes upwards of 40 precisely cut pieces to construct each one. The charming ball spacers used in this variant are hand-painted to coordinate with the malachite pattern, and add a lovely decorative touch.
Exclusive to Pentreath & Hall
Dimensions: 55cm tall, 10cm wide at the base, with 2cm painted wooden ball spacers.
Inspired by old-school schoolbooks, our bookplates are letterpress printed on Conqueror paper and come in four different borders: orange stars, blue Greek key, yellow rope and green band. Made in bracing Bognor Regis, they are ungummed, so get your glue pot out and stick them to whatever comes to mind, whether it’s a recipe book or a diary or your secret album of John Travolta photographs.
Dimensions: 9.5cm x 5.5cm.
The world of P&H couldn’t exist without books. We are not a bookshop, but our lives are overflowing with books. We understand that there must be people who predict a day when tablets and smart phones will replace books, but we don’t believe them. To prove it we’ve created the P&H canvas book bag to take the strain! Not strictly for books, our double lined canvas bag with its signature P&H pink and green handle makes it extremely durable for toting almost everything, including your tablets and smartphones.
Dimensions: bag height 35cm, bag width 30cm, bag depth 6cm. Handle height 20cm.
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The reassuringly traditional plain glazed cream earthenware made by the great English potteries of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known as creamware, has been a stock staple of Pentreath & Hall since it opened its doors over 14 years ago.
Selling at first, the now defunct Leeds Creamware, still in daily use in both Ben and Bridie’s homes. Leading on to our own small fine collection of creamware column candlesticks and always with a smattering of early antique examples up for consideration too. In our opinion every home needs a little or a lot of creamware.
Pentreath & Hall are now proud to present three latest additions to the P&H Creamware Collection.
This Lidded Urn with Handles following in the tradition of the achingly elegant versions from Wedgwood, which are seldom seen and impossible to obtain, we had to make our own. Accompanied by a Lidded Urn without Handles. which when not in use as vases, stand handsomely complete with their lids featuring our own stylised decorative acorn finial.
Dimensions: Height with lid, 32cm, Height without lid 24cm. Base diameter 13cm, Top diameter 18.5cm. Diameter (handle to handle) 34cm.
Made in Stoke-on-Trent.
The reassuringly traditional plain glazed cream earthenware made by the great English potteries of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known as creamware, has been a stock staple of Pentreath & Hall since it opened its doors over 14 years ago.
Selling at first, the now defunct Leeds Creamware, still in daily use in both Ben and Bridie’s homes. Leading on to our own small fine collection of creamware column candlesticks and always with a smattering of early antique examples up for consideration too. In our opinion every home needs a little or a lot of creamware.
Pentreath & Hall are now proud to present three latest additions to the P&H Creamware Collection.
This Loving Cup of unprecedented proportions, generous enough to accommodate all your valentine’s flowers and an elaborate painterly commemorative dedication to it’s exterior. Which we look forward to exploring ourselves very soon.
Dimensions: Height 20cm, Diameter 19cm, Diameter (Handle to Handle) 34cm.
Made in Stoke-on-Trent.
The reassuringly traditional plain glazed cream earthenware made by the great English potteries of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known as creamware, has been a stock staple of Pentreath & Hall since it opened its doors over 14 years ago.
Selling at first, the now defunct Leeds Creamware, still in daily use in both Ben and Bridie’s homes. Leading on to our own small fine collection of creamware column candlesticks and always with a smattering of early antique examples up for consideration too. In our opinion every home needs a little or a lot of creamware.
Pentreath & Hall are now proud to present three latest additions to the P&H Creamware Collection.
This Lidded Urn, which when not in use as vases, stands handsomely complete with its lid featuring our own stylised decorative acorn finial. Following in the tradition of the achingly elegant versions from Wedgwood, which are seldom seen and impossible to obtain, we had to make our own.
Dimensions: Height with lid, 32cm, Height without lid 24cm. Base diameter 13cm, Top diameter 18.5cm.
Made in Stoke-on-Trent.
Matches made exclusively for Pentreath & Hall.
We designed these to take pride of place on the mantle piece. Beautiful luxury match box with P&H pink tipped matches, designed and made in the UK. The matches measure over 19cm in length so perfect for lighting everything!
Please keep in a dry place away from children. Strike gently away from the body and do not place spent matches in the box.
Average contents: 80 matches.
Top notes: Orange, Petitgrain Middle notes: Neroli, Orange blossom, Jasmine Base note: White musk These handmade candles with a woven natural cotton wick have a steady burn and excellent scent throw. Please read safety and burning instructions on the base of the votive before lighting. 12 3/4oz candle comes boxed and has a 60 hour burn time. Handmade in London
The newest addition to our collection of decorative objects are the meticulously hand built pedimented niches. Made within the Parvum Opus Michigan bindery, these niches are designed to provide a lovely home for your treasured collections. Their design was inspired by the alternating peaked and curved pedimented windows of London's Banqueting House, Whitehall, designed by the architect Inigo Jones for King James I in the 17th century. In a collaboration with Bridie Hall, the pediment niches have been covered in the faux French Antique Marble paper inside and out which has been painted by artist Ian Harper for Bridie and are exclusive to Pentreath & Hall. With their flat backs, these niches are designed to be hung on a wall, but are equally at home on a bookshelf or table.
Dimensions: Height 19.5cm Width 13cm Depth 9cm
Pentreath & Hall are thrilled to launch an exclusive range of colourful rugs made with Shame Studios.
These yarn rugs have been hand spun and dyed, using the traditional method on a jacquard loom. This technique makes it possible to create the detailed borders and clean vertical joins, which also means the rugs are reversible.
The lanolin rich New Zealand wool makes for a beautiful and durable rug, that will only improve with age. This lanolin also affords the rug a level of natural stain resistance and providing its signature softness and sheen.
Ethically certified by Label Step and produced using the best practices for low environmental impact and fair trading.
Dimensions: Length 142cm, Width 70cm. Reversible.
Made in India.
Like candy for your desk and just as impossible to resist, these Parvum Opus paper-jacketed pencils aren’t only a joy to look at, they are a joy to use. Stationery at its chicest. Wrapped in Pitch Pine paper, commissioned by Bridie, from artist Ian Harper exclusively for Pentreath & Hall. These 10cm long pencils are pre-sharpened, and are capped by pink erasers. Pencils are sold in sets of 12.
These handmade candles with a woven natural cotton wick have a steady burn and excellent scent throw. Please read safety and burning instructions on the base of the votive before lighting. The 12 3/4oz candle comes boxed and has a 60 hour burn time.
Adventurine Brown Glaze. Dimensions: Height 18cm, Diameter 10cm. Individually handmade by Bridie Hall - no two are the same.
"For as long as l have visited the pottery galleries at the V&A, I have admired their small collection of bear bottles and jugs. As my interest in pottery grew and turned into a hobby, I would notice more examples of these bears in museums and on specialist antique dealer websites.
Over the summer, I took a week out to stay home and make pottery all day, every day. I lined up the podcasts and figured out how I would make my version of a bear bottle. By then, I’d read up enough to know their origins and decided to omit the chains and dogs and thought a lot about the colours I would glaze them.
These bears were going to have happier lives. The more I made, the more I found out about them. Their history increasingly informed my plans for the little fellows and I decided not to turn them into something cute or funny.
Though, as strange as it sounds, I was happy to keep a slightly creepy weirdness about them.
I’m often attracted to the weird and wonderful and what first captivated me about these curious little things was their construction and purpose, and also the play on words; a ‘bear’ shaped ‘beer’ bottle. I loved the naivety of their form and the effect of the metallic tin glaze on the pottery ‘grog’ fur.
I thought that anyone able to make a chain from clay was very clever and to see surviving examples from the C18th, very special.
I amaze myself at how slow on the uptake I can be sometimes; how couldn’t I see what the chain might be for and why indeed these bears were holding dogs? The production side of my brain often takes over thoughts and it was asking ‘how would I make that?’ instead of ‘what is that?’.
The whimsical nature of my C18th inspirations portray the cruel yet popular sport of bear-baiting, a legal recreation in England until 1835. Made as souvenirs, they served as bottles, jugs and tobacco jars. The body of the bottle held the liquid contents while the head covered the opening and provided a drinking cup. Quite a social commentary of the time.
The bear bottles were made at a time when society was comfortable with the blood sport as entertainment. It was extremely popular from the Elizabethan period until it was banned in the C19th, over 300 years later. Every town and village throughout Britain is thought to have had a ‘bear garden’ (brings a new meaning to the word) where these spectacles were staged. What happened within these ‘bear gardens’ is truly too brutal to think about. Bulls were also dealt the same fate.
Despite being largely outlawed, sadly, there still remain small pockets in the world where bears continue to be cruelly exploited for this type of entertainment.
Since 1997, good work by the World Animal Protection charity has seen the number of bear-baiting events decrease dramatically. Success lies within working with local law enforcement officials and the bear owners themselves to support them in alternative livelihoods.
While the entire nature of this project has remained so very niche to me, with everything I have learned along the way, I have decided there is only one thing that I can do with these bear bottles that will help see their living counterparts into a better life - I will donate all proceeds of their sale to World Animal Protection.
I’m really pleased to be able to help this wonderful charity in their mission to help to liberate and care for these wonderful creatures. There is still a lot of cruelty in the world - we can help to stop it, and this is where I would like to lend a hand".
Alternatively, please visit the World Animal Protection Website to read about the work they do and consider supporting them with a donation, no amount is too small. Thank you.
The photograph of the bear relaxing is taken at one of the World Animal Protection supporter-funded bear sanctuaries - courtesy of World Animal Protection.
Adventurine Brown Glaze. Dimensions: Height 18cm, Diameter 10cm. Individually handmade by Bridie Hall - no two are the same.
"For as long as l have visited the pottery galleries at the V&A, I have admired their small collection of bear bottles and jugs. As my interest in pottery grew and turned into a hobby, I would notice more examples of these bears in museums and on specialist antique dealer websites.
Over the summer, I took a week out to stay home and make pottery all day, every day. I lined up the podcasts and figured out how I would make my version of a bear bottle. By then, I’d read up enough to know their origins and decided to omit the chains and dogs and thought a lot about the colours I would glaze them.
These bears were going to have happier lives. The more I made, the more I found out about them. Their history increasingly informed my plans for the little fellows and I decided not to turn them into something cute or funny.
Though, as strange as it sounds, I was happy to keep a slightly creepy weirdness about them.
I’m often attracted to the weird and wonderful and what first captivated me about these curious little things was their construction and purpose, and also the play on words; a ‘bear’ shaped ‘beer’ bottle. I loved the naivety of their form and the effect of the metallic tin glaze on the pottery ‘grog’ fur.
I thought that anyone able to make a chain from clay was very clever and to see surviving examples from the C18th, very special.
I amaze myself at how slow on the uptake I can be sometimes; how couldn’t I see what the chain might be for and why indeed these bears were holding dogs? The production side of my brain often takes over thoughts and it was asking ‘how would I make that?’ instead of ‘what is that?’.
The whimsical nature of my C18th inspirations portray the cruel yet popular sport of bear-baiting, a legal recreation in England until 1835. Made as souvenirs, they served as bottles, jugs and tobacco jars. The body of the bottle held the liquid contents while the head covered the opening and provided a drinking cup. Quite a social commentary of the time.
The bear bottles were made at a time when society was comfortable with the blood sport as entertainment. It was extremely popular from the Elizabethan period until it was banned in the C19th, over 300 years later. Every town and village throughout Britain is thought to have had a ‘bear garden’ (brings a new meaning to the word) where these spectacles were staged. What happened within these ‘bear gardens’ is truly too brutal to think about. Bulls were also dealt the same fate.
Despite being largely outlawed, sadly, there still remain small pockets in the world where bears continue to be cruelly exploited for this type of entertainment.
Since 1997, good work by the World Animal Protection charity has seen the number of bear-baiting events decrease dramatically. Success lies within working with local law enforcement officials and the bear owners themselves to support them in alternative livelihoods.
While the entire nature of this project has remained so very niche to me, with everything I have learned along the way, I have decided there is only one thing that I can do with these bear bottles that will help see their living counterparts into a better life - I will donate all proceeds of their sale to World Animal Protection.
I’m really pleased to be able to help this wonderful charity in their mission to help to liberate and care for these wonderful creatures. There is still a lot of cruelty in the world - we can help to stop it, and this is where I would like to lend a hand".
Alternatively, please visit the World Animal Protection Website to read about the work they do and consider supporting them with a donation, no amount is too small. Thank you.
The photograph of the bear relaxing is taken at one of the World Animal Protection supporter-funded bear sanctuaries - courtesy of World Animal Protection.
Adventurine Brown Glaze. Dimensions: Height 18cm, Diameter 10cm. Individually handmade by Bridie Hall - no two are the same.
"For as long as l have visited the pottery galleries at the V&A, I have admired their small collection of bear bottles and jugs. As my interest in pottery grew and turned into a hobby, I would notice more examples of these bears in museums and on specialist antique dealer websites.
Over the summer, I took a week out to stay home and make pottery all day, every day. I lined up the podcasts and figured out how I would make my version of a bear bottle. By then, I’d read up enough to know their origins and decided to omit the chains and dogs and thought a lot about the colours I would glaze them.
These bears were going to have happier lives. The more I made, the more I found out about them. Their history increasingly informed my plans for the little fellows and I decided not to turn them into something cute or funny.
Though, as strange as it sounds, I was happy to keep a slightly creepy weirdness about them.
I’m often attracted to the weird and wonderful and what first captivated me about these curious little things was their construction and purpose, and also the play on words; a ‘bear’ shaped ‘beer’ bottle. I loved the naivety of their form and the effect of the metallic tin glaze on the pottery ‘grog’ fur.
I thought that anyone able to make a chain from clay was very clever and to see surviving examples from the C18th, very special.
I amaze myself at how slow on the uptake I can be sometimes; how couldn’t I see what the chain might be for and why indeed these bears were holding dogs? The production side of my brain often takes over thoughts and it was asking ‘how would I make that?’ instead of ‘what is that?’.
The whimsical nature of my C18th inspirations portray the cruel yet popular sport of bear-baiting, a legal recreation in England until 1835. Made as souvenirs, they served as bottles, jugs and tobacco jars. The body of the bottle held the liquid contents while the head covered the opening and provided a drinking cup. Quite a social commentary of the time.
The bear bottles were made at a time when society was comfortable with the blood sport as entertainment. It was extremely popular from the Elizabethan period until it was banned in the C19th, over 300 years later. Every town and village throughout Britain is thought to have had a ‘bear garden’ (brings a new meaning to the word) where these spectacles were staged. What happened within these ‘bear gardens’ is truly too brutal to think about. Bulls were also dealt the same fate.
Despite being largely outlawed, sadly, there still remain small pockets in the world where bears continue to be cruelly exploited for this type of entertainment.
Since 1997, good work by the World Animal Protection charity has seen the number of bear-baiting events decrease dramatically. Success lies within working with local law enforcement officials and the bear owners themselves to support them in alternative livelihoods.
While the entire nature of this project has remained so very niche to me, with everything I have learned along the way, I have decided there is only one thing that I can do with these bear bottles that will help see their living counterparts into a better life - I will donate all proceeds of their sale to World Animal Protection.
I’m really pleased to be able to help this wonderful charity in their mission to help to liberate and care for these wonderful creatures. There is still a lot of cruelty in the world - we can help to stop it, and this is where I would like to lend a hand".
Alternatively, please visit the World Animal Protection Website to read about the work they do and consider supporting them with a donation, no amount is too small. Thank you.
The photograph of the bear relaxing is taken at one of the World Animal Protection supporter-funded bear sanctuaries - courtesy of World Animal Protection.
Pansy Glaze. Dimensions: Height 17cm, Diameter 8cm. Individually handmade by Bridie Hall - no two are the same.
"For as long as l have visited the pottery galleries at the V&A, I have admired their small collection of bear bottles and jugs. As my interest in pottery grew and turned into a hobby, I would notice more examples of these bears in museums and on specialist antique dealer websites.
Over the summer, I took a week out to stay home and make pottery all day, every day. I lined up the podcasts and figured out how I would make my version of a bear bottle. By then, I’d read up enough to know their origins and decided to omit the chains and dogs and thought a lot about the colours I would glaze them.
These bears were going to have happier lives. The more I made, the more I found out about them. Their history increasingly informed my plans for the little fellows and I decided not to turn them into something cute or funny.
Though, as strange as it sounds, I was happy to keep a slightly creepy weirdness about them.
I’m often attracted to the weird and wonderful and what first captivated me about these curious little things was their construction and purpose, and also the play on words; a ‘bear’ shaped ‘beer’ bottle. I loved the naivety of their form and the effect of the metallic tin glaze on the pottery ‘grog’ fur.
I thought that anyone able to make a chain from clay was very clever and to see surviving examples from the C18th, very special.
I amaze myself at how slow on the uptake I can be sometimes; how couldn’t I see what the chain might be for and why indeed these bears were holding dogs? The production side of my brain often takes over thoughts and it was asking ‘how would I make that?’ instead of ‘what is that?’.
The whimsical nature of my C18th inspirations portray the cruel yet popular sport of bear-baiting, a legal recreation in England until 1835. Made as souvenirs, they served as bottles, jugs and tobacco jars. The body of the bottle held the liquid contents while the head covered the opening and provided a drinking cup. Quite a social commentary of the time.
The bear bottles were made at a time when society was comfortable with the blood sport as entertainment. It was extremely popular from the Elizabethan period until it was banned in the C19th, over 300 years later. Every town and village throughout Britain is thought to have had a ‘bear garden’ (brings a new meaning to the word) where these spectacles were staged. What happened within these ‘bear gardens’ is truly too brutal to think about. Bulls were also dealt the same fate.
Despite being largely outlawed, sadly, there still remain small pockets in the world where bears continue to be cruelly exploited for this type of entertainment.
Since 1997, good work by the World Animal Protection charity has seen the number of bear-baiting events decrease dramatically. Success lies within working with local law enforcement officials and the bear owners themselves to support them in alternative livelihoods.
While the entire nature of this project has remained so very niche to me, with everything I have learned along the way, I have decided there is only one thing that I can do with these bear bottles that will help see their living counterparts into a better life - I will donate all proceeds of their sale to World Animal Protection.
I’m really pleased to be able to help this wonderful charity in their mission to help to liberate and care for these wonderful creatures. There is still a lot of cruelty in the world - we can help to stop it, and this is where I would like to lend a hand".
Alternatively, please visit the World Animal Protection Website to read about the work they do and consider supporting them with a donation, no amount is too small. Thank you.
The photograph of the bear relaxing is taken at one of the World Animal Protection supporter-funded bear sanctuaries - courtesy of World Animal Protection.
Sunrise Glaze. Dimensions: Height 21cm, Diameter 9cm. Individually handmade by Bridie Hall - no two are the same.
"For as long as l have visited the pottery galleries at the V&A, I have admired their small collection of bear bottles and jugs. As my interest in pottery grew and turned into a hobby, I would notice more examples of these bears in museums and on specialist antique dealer websites.
Over the summer, I took a week out to stay home and make pottery all day, every day. I lined up the podcasts and figured out how I would make my version of a bear bottle. By then, I’d read up enough to know their origins and decided to omit the chains and dogs and thought a lot about the colours I would glaze them.
These bears were going to have happier lives. The more I made, the more I found out about them. Their history increasingly informed my plans for the little fellows and I decided not to turn them into something cute or funny.
Though, as strange as it sounds, I was happy to keep a slightly creepy weirdness about them.
I’m often attracted to the weird and wonderful and what first captivated me about these curious little things was their construction and purpose, and also the play on words; a ‘bear’ shaped ‘beer’ bottle. I loved the naivety of their form and the effect of the metallic tin glaze on the pottery ‘grog’ fur.
I thought that anyone able to make a chain from clay was very clever and to see surviving examples from the C18th, very special.
I amaze myself at how slow on the uptake I can be sometimes; how couldn’t I see what the chain might be for and why indeed these bears were holding dogs? The production side of my brain often takes over thoughts and it was asking ‘how would I make that?’ instead of ‘what is that?’.
The whimsical nature of my C18th inspirations portray the cruel yet popular sport of bear-baiting, a legal recreation in England until 1835. Made as souvenirs, they served as bottles, jugs and tobacco jars. The body of the bottle held the liquid contents while the head covered the opening and provided a drinking cup. Quite a social commentary of the time.
The bear bottles were made at a time when society was comfortable with the blood sport as entertainment. It was extremely popular from the Elizabethan period until it was banned in the C19th, over 300 years later. Every town and village throughout Britain is thought to have had a ‘bear garden’ (brings a new meaning to the word) where these spectacles were staged. What happened within these ‘bear gardens’ is truly too brutal to think about. Bulls were also dealt the same fate.
Despite being largely outlawed, sadly, there still remain small pockets in the world where bears continue to be cruelly exploited for this type of entertainment.
Since 1997, good work by the World Animal Protection charity has seen the number of bear-baiting events decrease dramatically. Success lies within working with local law enforcement officials and the bear owners themselves to support them in alternative livelihoods.
While the entire nature of this project has remained so very niche to me, with everything I have learned along the way, I have decided there is only one thing that I can do with these bear bottles that will help see their living counterparts into a better life - I will donate all proceeds of their sale to World Animal Protection.
I’m really pleased to be able to help this wonderful charity in their mission to help to liberate and care for these wonderful creatures. There is still a lot of cruelty in the world - we can help to stop it, and this is where I would like to lend a hand".
Alternatively, please visit the World Animal Protection Website to read about the work they do and consider supporting them with a donation, no amount is too small. Thank you.
The photograph of the bear relaxing is taken at one of the World Animal Protection supporter-funded bear sanctuaries - courtesy of World Animal Protection.