The Found Edit
The Brass Cabinet
Candlesticks, boxes and small instruments of uncertain purpose — metal with a former life.
The Potter's Shelf
Hand-thrown vessels in glazes the kiln decided on. No two alike, on principle.
The Evening Table
Linen, candlelight, and the serious business of a long dinner with people you like.
The Gilded Wall
Mirrors and frames that have watched other rooms. They flatter candlelight, and most faces.
The Library Shelf
Leather spines, foxed pages, and inscriptions to people we will never meet.
The Drinks Tray
Cut glass, decanters and the odd orphaned tumbler — for the hour after dinner.
Most Loved Objects
The pieces our people keep returning for — found once, and usually gone for good.
Rooms should look like the people who live in them.
The house, at dinnerThe shop
Newly found, newly home
The Patient Hourglass
Coffee Pot, Anatolia
Copper Teapot No. 4
The Kiln's Favourites
The Potter's Lantern
Vase for One Stem
The Evening Still Life
Still Life, Undone
Collected in every detail.
We know where our objects come from — the maker, the market, the morning they were found. Each one arrives with its story attached, because a thing you know something about is a thing you keep.
Objects with provenance, not product.
House of Found began with a simple irritation: everything everywhere looked the same. So we went looking — through markets and workshops, backstreets and back rooms — for pieces that feel discovered rather than supplied.
The collection stays small on purpose. When a piece is gone, it is usually gone for good.
Read our storyThe Journal
Stories the objects came from
Three mornings in a market town
Where to stand at 6am, what to carry cash for, and the stall everyone walks past too quickly.
Read the storyThe potter who hates perfect circles
A studio visit, a stubborn philosophy, and the wobble that makes a bowl worth keeping.
Read the storyIn defence of velvet
A short history of the most argued-about fabric in the house, and why it always wins.
Read the storyNew finds, told first by letter
One considered email when new objects arrive and new stories are published. No noise, ever.