Gift Guide: stylish gifts for every budget
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Gift Guide: stylish gifts for every budget

Our pick of the best antique and vintage-inspired gifts – perfect for your best friend in their Gatsby era or your William Morris-loving mother-in-law...

Published: December 12, 2024 at 11:00 am

Hellenistic Revival

Is The British Museum their favourite haunt and do they daydream of sojourns
to Athens? For the ultimate classical-themed treasures, they’re all here…

Gift guide: Temple of Flora silk scarf
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1 Temple of Flora silk scarf, £120, Rory Hutton

Gift guide: goddess coin pendant
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2 Monica Vinader Goddess coin pendant charm, £98, Liberty

Gift guide: Plaster bust of David
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3 Plaster bust of David c1890, £450, Tales from the Rookery

Gift guide:framed amphora prints
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4 Set of six framed Amphora prints, £425, OKA

Gift guide: Odysseus Vase cushion
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5 Odysseus Vase cushion, £80, The British Museum Shop

Gift guide: Hyde Park Honey
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6 Hyde Park honey, £22, Kit Kemp

Gift guide: Ionic Column candlesticks
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7 Basalt Ionic Column candlesticks, £75 each, Pentreath & Hall

Gift guide: Grand Tour goddess portrait
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8 Acrylic Grand Tour XL Goddess bust, £895, Jonathan Adler

Gift Guide: Ceramic foot planter
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9 Piero Fornasetti ceramic planter c1960, £800, Holly Johnson Antiques

Gift Guide: Pantheon
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10 Pantheon model, £375, Chisel & Mouse

Venezia small vase
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11 Small Venezia vase, £98, Jonathan Adler


Marvellously Morris

Craftsmanship meets the natural world in the Arts & Crafts aesthetic. Indulge their love of both with these timeless treats

Evergreen 2025 diary
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1 Evergreen 2025 diary, £25, Papier

Mythical Creatures large teapot
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2 Mythical Creatures large teapot, £175, Kit Kemp

Fern Moss Glass Candle
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3 Apothecary 18 Fresh Fern Moss glass candle, £22, Anthropologie

Articulated green glass desk lamp
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4 Arts and Crafts articulated green glass desk lamp, £667, 1stDibs

Paper-covered drawers
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5 A Flight of Charleston patterned paper-covered drawers, £190, Cambridge Imprint

Sophia ruffled cushion cover
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6 Sophia ruffled cushion cover, £147, Cathy Nordström

Reuse fabric cracker gift set
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7 Reuse fabric cracker gift set, £15, William Morris at Home

William Morris Moon Flowers
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8 William Morris Moon Flowers, £19.95, East End Prints

Seasalt Cornwall Floral pyjamas
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9 Seasalt Cornwall pure cotton Floral pyjamas, £59.95, Marks & Spencer

Green Glass Pillar Decanters
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10 Pair of Arts and Crafts green glass pillar decanters c1930, £445, Decorative Collective

Lavendar hand lotion
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11 Neal’s Yard English Lavender & Calendula hand lotion, £20, Morris & Co

Collagerie Jaipur Rose lacquer tray
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12 John Lewis X Collagerie Jaipur Rose lacquer tray, £25, John Lewis


Razzle Dazzle

The key to winning the hearts of those always quoting Fitzgerald? Gold, velvet and the sharpest of lines

Christian Dior Art Deco-style necklace
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1 Vintage Christian Dior Art Deco-style necklace, £275, Annabel James

Ortigia Sicilia Zagara gold tray
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2 Ortigia Sicilia Zagara gold tray, £50, Fortnum & Mason

Icarus-print make-up bag
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3 Lisa Eldridge Icarus-print make-up bag, £48, Liberty

Claridge’s X Summerill & Bishop tablecloth
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4 Claridge’s X Summerill & Bishop tablecloth, £355, Claridge’s

Martini glasse
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5 Set of two Richard Brendon Martini glasses, £160, Claridge’s

Gift guide: cocktail shaker c1930
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6 ’What’ll You Have’ recipe cocktail shaker c1930, £350, The Old Cinema

Alba photo frame, £16
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7 Alba photo frame, £16, Oliver Bonas

Gift guide: marble book ends
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8 Set of two Art Deco marble bookends, £77, Vantage Living

Val d’Isère poster
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9 Val d’Isère poster, £420, Pullman Editions

Art Deco Orient bowl  c1932
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10 Art Deco Orient bowl by Crown Devon c1932, £480, The Old Cinema

Brass frame wall mirror c1920
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11 Brass frame wall mirror c1920, £558, 1stDibs

Pink glass Art Deco decanter
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12 Pink glass Art Deco decanter, £60, Rockett St George

Silk velvet gown
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13 Silk velvet gown, £350, Toast


Mid-century Magic

Playful, bright and optimistic: the retro-lover in your life will adore these Fabulous Fifties finds

Gift guide: Two candlestick holders
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1 Squat glass candlestick holder, £5, and fluted glass candlestick holder, £10, both Dunelm

Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses
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2 Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses, £49.95, Collagerie

Andy Warhol 1950s framed print Untitled (legs and high heels)
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3 Andy Warhol 1950s framed print Untitled (legs and high heels), from £30, King & McGaw

Golden Swallows wall hanging
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4 Golden Swallows wall hanging, £58, Rockett St George

BLUETOOTH RECORD PLAYER
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5 Crosley Mercury turntable, £146, Anthropologie

1960s life-sized ceramic dachshund sculpture
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6 1960s life-sized ceramic dachshund sculpture, £295, Rag & Bone Bristol

 Magpie X Hornsea teapot and mugs
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7 Magpie X Hornsea teapot, £44.95, and mugs, £14.95, all Magpie

Set of five 1950s red metal stiletto sculptures
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8 Set of five 1950s red metal stiletto sculptures, £350, Decorative Collective

Yellow Ceramic Banana Decorative Bowl
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9 Yellow ceramic banana bowl, £85, Oliver Bonas

1950s Ojibwe beaded felt and moose skin gauntlet mittens
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10 1950s Ojibwe beaded felt and moose skin gauntlet mittens, £125, Rag & Bone Bristol

Cath Kidston star dinner plate
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11 Cath Kidston set of 4 white star dinner plates, £30, Next

1950s Welsh blanket
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12 1950s Welsh blanket, £500, Holly Johnson Antiques

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