Elegant and Expensive: Storage Pots by Vincent Van Duysen

Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen designed these hand-thrown earthenware storage pots with sandblasted oak lids. I first saw them mentioned in Gourmet magazine in December 2005; the price listed was $165 each, from Matin.

You can read more about these pots (and see more lovely pictures) at The Style Files, When Objects Work (text and pictures), and at Van Duysen's own web site (click on projects and then on products).