A hand-painted ceramic plate featuring a green oak tree with acorns and a handwritten Bible verse, held by two hands against a dark background.
The Mighty Oak Collection
A collection of vintage hand-painted ceramic tableware, including pitchers, bowls, plates, and a small figurine, decorated with colorful floral and botanical patterns on a light background.
A hand-painted ceramic vase with two loop handles, featuring a medieval knight illustration on the front against a light gray background.
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
A ceramic pitcher and two matching candlestick holders with tall taper candles, all decorated with hand-painted orange, green, and blue scenes on a warm cream background, set against a dark background.
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
The Mighty Oak Collection
A hand-painted ceramic bowl with a scalloped rim sits on a dark table against a dark background with green foliage hanging above. The bowl features a white base decorated with green oak leaves, orange acorns, and a yellow band with black text that reads 'WHO CAN IMPRESS THE FOREST NOT HIMSELF'.
A hand-painted ceramic plate featuring a green oak tree with acorns and a handwritten Bible verse, held by two hands against a dark background. The Mighty Oak Collection A collection of vintage hand-painted ceramic tableware, including pitchers, bowls, plates, and a small figurine, decorated with colorful floral and botanical patterns on a light background. A hand-painted ceramic vase with two loop handles, featuring a medieval knight illustration on the front against a light gray background. The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection A ceramic pitcher and two matching candlestick holders with tall taper candles, all decorated with hand-painted orange, green, and blue scenes on a warm cream background, set against a dark background. The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection The Mighty Oak Collection A hand-painted ceramic bowl with a scalloped rim sits on a dark table against a dark background with green foliage hanging above. The bowl features a white base decorated with green oak leaves, orange acorns, and a yellow band with black text that reads 'WHO CAN IMPRESS THE FOREST NOT HIMSELF'.

Celia Wood

The Mighty Oak Collection

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The Mighty Oak Collection by Celia Wood.

Celia Wood’s autumn collection takes inspiration from the mighty oak tree, drawing on a personal connection to a famous Shakespearean story.

When we invited Celia to use the oak as the starting point for this exclusive collection, her thoughts turned to her parents’ home near Birnam Wood, home to the famous Birnam Oak, forever entwined with Shakespeare’s Macbeth. From this connection, Celia has created a beautiful collection of ceramics that playfully retells the story of Macbeth’s prophecy and downfall through motifs of oak leaves, acorns, trees and soldiers.

Returning to her roots in literary illustration, Celia has drawn on the imagery of medieval drawings, the Bayeux Tapestry and folk art, combining carefully chosen words with her own distinctive illustrations. A palette of earthy, autumnal colours grounds the collection in the natural world, bringing together storytelling, history and the enduring beauty of the mighty oak.

The collection comprises a small series of hand-built ceramic pieces, including jugs, vases, plates, bowls and candlesticks. Each is sculpted in terracotta and individually illustrated and painted by hand using white slip and underglazes.

Approximate Dimensions

The Crowning of a King Vase: Height 23cm, Width with handle 17cm

The Mighty Oak Plate: Diameter  33.5cm, Height 3cm

Sweet Bodements Bowl: Diameter 24cm, Height 11.5cm

Birnam Wood Vase: Width with handles 17cm, Height 22cm

On The Move Jug: Height 20cm, Width with handle 17cm

Oak Leaf Platter: Width 23cm, Length 27.5cm, Height 4.5cm

Oak Leaf Candlesticks: Base diameter 7cm, Height 13.5cm

Acorns: Length 3.5 - 4cm, Width 1.5 - 2cm, Height 1cm


The candlesticks fit our Pure British Beeswax standard candles.


Care for Celia’s ceramics: Hand wash only.

 

 

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Once your online transaction has been completed your order will be confirmed by email within 24 hours. If your order is placed on a Friday, or over the weekend, your item will be shipped within 3 days from the Monday. Orders are posted Wednesday to Saturday.

Using Royal Mail our shipping rates are calculated based on the estimated weight and size of the items. 

You have the option of First Class Delivery (which cannot be tracked), or Tracked delivery ( to enable you to track your package through all stages of the delivery process)

UK CUSTOMERS

Please allow 3-5 working days for delivery in the UK. In most cases it will be less.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS

We do ship outside of the UK and are delighted to do so, but we ask you to email, susanna@themerchantstable.co.uk, so we may give you an accurate shipping cost to your destination.

Any customs or import duties are charged once the parcel reaches its destination country. These charges must be paid by the recipient of the parcel. Unfortunately, we have no control over these charges, and cannot tell you what the cost would be, as customs policies and import duties vary widely from country to country.

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Please be aware that your parcel can be also delayed by customs and subsequent charges can be applied. We have no control over this, and cannot supply any details why or for how long your parcel will be delayed.

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If you are unhappy with our products in any way, they can be returned provided they are in saleable condition.

If you wish to return your item and receive a full refund items need to posted/couriered back to us within 7 days of being received by you.

Please note refunds to Debit/Credit Cards normally clear in 1/2 days after receipt of the returned goods.

Returns received outside the above time frame will not be accepted. For all returns you will be required to arrange and pay for the return of the products to us.

We will only accept returns provided the goods are received by us in the condition they were in when delivered to you.

ADDRESS FOR ALL RETURNS & EXCHANGES

Please returns items to: 

The Merchant’s Table
10 Church Street
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 1DH

The Maker

Celia Wood

Celia studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art, and found ceramics through evening classes ‘It made sense to me to use ceramics as a canvas for storytelling’.
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