Portmeirion Dinnerware, Sophie Conran White Medium Salad Bowl

Feel like you're on holiday with Clay Art's tropical Hibiscus soup bowls, featuring rosy pink blooms and a rustic cocoa-brown rim in dishwasher-safe earthenware. (Clearance)

The seasoned gourmet is always one step ahead, a cut above the rest. This stamped knife set is manufactured of the highest quality high-carbon surgical stainless steel – a complete arsenal of sensible cutlery that's sure to hold its razor-sharp, long-lasting edge for many meals to come. Lifetime warranty.

With embossed lilies and golden leaves, Portmeirion's decorated Fleur de Lys salad plate sets tables in the French tradition. Squared, scalloped stoneware in warm ivory lends distinct old-world elegance to everyday dining.

Bring the classic style of the English countryside to your table with the Woodland collection by Spode. The traditionally patterned dinner plates feature the majestic wood duck framed by Spode's distinctive British Flowers border which dates back to 1828.