"There are serving bowls, and then there is this"

A beautifully sculpted octopus - tentacles outstretched, cast in polished aluminium with extraordinary detail - cradles a textured blue-green glass bowl that shimmers like something pulled from the ocean floor.

Fill it with nuts or olives for a drinks party and it becomes the most talked-about thing on the table. Leave it empty on a sideboard and it works just as hard as a sculptural statement piece. This is the kind of object that earns its place in a room - not just for what it does, but for what it says about the person who chose it.