Wish List: Eight snug and tasty buys for wintry weeks

Footstool, Caseys furniture, left; multicoloured dishes, Objekt, top right; lambswool throw by John Hanly, below right.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved collecting porcelain — how quaint. At 19, I saved up tokens from a British newspaper (he, who shall not be named) and posted them away with a crisp tenner for a full dinner service of fine bone china.