an antique sailors valentine " with Love " lake and son founded their

lake and son founded their pottery in truro

the largest nuts can weigh up to 25 kg and grow up to half a metre long

the charger is decorated with a geometric design to symbolise the layered petals of a flower with the scales of a water deity decorating the rim

often the commissioned artist would incorporate a sentimental message

an antique sailors valentine " with Love " lake and son founded theiran antique sailors valentine ." with Love " an intricate, stunning mosaic of colourful carribean sea shells, arranged to form flat geometric patterns with a heart and flowers and baring the motto " with love " the mosaics are covered in glass and housed in a pair of hardwood, spanish cedar and mahogany octagonal frames . the mosaics are hinged together enabling them to be closed protecting the design and glass so that the valentines can be stored