Small Prickly Pear Bowl Valentines

Small Prickly Pear Bowl ValentinesPrickly pear plants, with their delicious jewel like fruit, are much loved in Malta, where they grow in generous clumps in the countryside before being harvested in late summer for jam and juice. Our cup, an homage to the spiny cacti, can be used to bring a bit of summer sunshine to any alfresco tablescape. Handmade and hand painted in Malta. Made from Earthenware clay. Width: 26cm 10. 2 inches Height: 10cm 3. 9 inches

Height: 6cm / 2

Shown here with a Wall Light Shade

which we’ve named in memory of him

they’re shaped like the leaping fish caught on Maltese fishermen’s boats – though they also remind us of the carved creatures in Villa Bologna’s Dolphin Pond

The Dolphin wall light is inspired by Dolphin Pond in Villa Bologna’s gardens

Diameter of lamp base: 11

5 inchesHeight: 4

Shown here with a Large Empire Lampshade

Wander round the shady streets of the islands and you’ll no doubt see a dolphin-shaped door knocker or two… The Dolphin is also available as a wall light

Diameter: 17cm / 6

Diameter: 22

Highly textured and finished by hand