Wish List: Eclectric as ever

Eclectic as ever, Esther N McCarthy eyes up a Cocteau collectible, fab craft items, and a luxury gift that keeps on giving

This is one for the culture vultures out there. In the 130th anniversary year of painter, ceramicist, poet, writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau’s birth, a collection of 46 ceramics by the leading figure of the French avant-garde, will be offered at auction at Bonhams Prints and Multiples sale on December 11 and 12 in London.