Some symbols you already know — even if you can't quite place why. The Contemporary Celtic Collection takes familiar, well-loved subjects and threads them through with the same knotwork, spirals, and detail found in the Book of Kells.
What Makes It "Contemporary"
Where the Heritage Collection stays true to the manuscript's original imagery, the Contemporary Celtic Collection takes a little more creative liberty — cats, owls, ravens, hares, and other favorites, each one worked through with Celtic pattern rather than left as a plain, one-dimensional image. Nothing here is just a basic animal on a plate; every piece carries some trace of knotwork, scrollwork, or symbol underneath the surface.
Favorites in This Collection
- Cats — genuinely one of the most common animals in the Book of Kells itself, prized in the 8th century for keeping the grain stores mouse-free.
- Owls and Ravens — carrying the same air of mystery they've held in folklore for centuries.
- Hares and Shamrocks — familiar, lighthearted, and unmistakably Irish.
- Celtic Fungi — a playful original by Celtic Vessel, born from one mushroom-loving friend and now a fan favorite of its own.
Made to Use, Made to Keep
Every piece is hand-built without a wheel, high-fired to 2160°F, and finished with food-safe glaze — meaning it's just as at home holding your morning fruit as it is on a shelf. Because each one is shaped and stamped by hand, no two are ever quite identical.
