Laying the Table | Wacky and whimsical Christmas | V&A

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Festive, frivolous, decked in sparkles - everyone loves an over-the-top table at Christmas. We sent Assistant Curator Iona out on a mission to find the most wacky, whimsical objects which scream Christmas in our collection, so we could lay our very own eclectic table.
From a giant soup tureen shaped like a chicken (!), to an ornate hot chocolate cup and flambéed Christmas pudding plates designed by Eric Ravilious (move over Mary Berry), marvel at some of our favourite festive fare, with a little help from Noel the suckling pig.
If you have anything which beats this at home, take us on in the comments... 🔥
00:00 The aim of the game
00:53 Mystery biscuit postbox tin
02:22 PSA: GLOVES
02:54 Extravagant hot chocolate cup
04:29 Huge glögg pot
06:03 Trompe l'oeil ceramics (feat. giant chicken)
08:45 Flaming Christmas pudding plate and gravy boat by Eric Ravilious
09:58 Tiny travelling cutlery set
11:25 Grape scissors, nut pick and nut cracker set (extra 💅)
13:00 Jane Austen-esque port decanter
13:58 Your wacky objects?
14:39 Bloopers
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  • @vamuseum
    @vamuseum6 ай бұрын

    Do you have anything wild at home which beats our wacky objects? 🔥 Take us on in the comments 🔥

  • @hannahpumpkins4359

    @hannahpumpkins4359

    5 ай бұрын

    Iona is awesome! We need more of her - she is a great presenter!!!!

  • @cece3194

    @cece3194

    4 ай бұрын

    She is!​@@hannahpumpkins4359

  • @orandilu989
    @orandilu9896 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your silliness. And thank you, editor, for keeping some bloopers in and all the other little things you did to make the video great! 😊

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    🫡🫡🫡

  • @copsdocker7680
    @copsdocker76806 ай бұрын

    So interesting! Need to see more from Iona, she brought it all to life ✨

  • @melissameyers7347

    @melissameyers7347

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes! More Iona please! 😄

  • @AFriendlyWeirdo
    @AFriendlyWeirdo6 ай бұрын

    She's so funny, this was a lot of fun to watch.

  • @spalmer4609
    @spalmer46096 ай бұрын

    My favorite objects were the chicken tureen and Noel, he looked so forlorn on the platter. Iona's presentation was brilliant. And, the Bloopers, could do with an entire video of those! Happy Christmas to all!

  • @MegaBrownie19
    @MegaBrownie196 ай бұрын

    This was super funny and really well done. More of these!

  • @rammie4342
    @rammie43426 ай бұрын

    glogg pot sounds like a great insult to call somebody. i'll be sure to remember it

  • @jasminush
    @jasminush6 ай бұрын

    I am sorry but the humour, brit humour, is what brings educational vids together. Loved it.❤

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    We've got plenty more brit humour to get you through 2024 😘

  • @jasminush

    @jasminush

    6 ай бұрын

    @@vamuseum can't wait!!

  • @somewheresilverlake
    @somewheresilverlake6 ай бұрын

    this was so fun! I normally watch the asmr videos yall put out but saw this randomly pop up and just LOVED it!

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    We've got more 'Laying the table' films for 2024 (*cough* gruesome surgeon's table *cough*). Subscribe so you don't miss!

  • @sheilacasper2030
    @sheilacasper20306 ай бұрын

    The traveling silverware was the best! They were worried about the hygiene of the house but they were very willing to eat the food…

  • @gnarbeljo8980

    @gnarbeljo8980

    6 ай бұрын

    No it wasn't primarily a hygeine concern, it was a courtesy as silverware was a huge expense, and dishes served many, guests would often be more plentiful than there was silverware to accommodate everyone, and travel was slow, so very oftwn involved taking rooms in simpler accomodations along the way, where finer dinnerware than a wooden spoon and a carving knife may not have been available. Also the travelling sermt needed washing up, but that you could take care of yourself. The value of your fine travel cutlery would insure you didn't leave it to random service folk. It's a very fine example, but there were simpler sets, with three pieces in slim casings too, so it wasn't a very posh thing, but commonplace even in lower classes when visiting or travelling. The kind of courtesy that never made meals awkward as everyone had the cutlery they were used to and preferred and no room for pieces of fibe silver going missing either 😉

  • @sheilacasper2030

    @sheilacasper2030

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the added info. That totally makes sense.

  • @echognomecal6742

    @echognomecal6742

    5 ай бұрын

    @@gnarbeljo8980 I've seen videos that included showing an example of a (wooden) spoon that would be worn like a necklace pendant to be used for this as well as other tasks. (A spoon necklace today is generally a very different story.)

  • @PaulDocker-eu8ez
    @PaulDocker-eu8ez6 ай бұрын

    We found this really interesting and excellently presented by Iona. She really brought the objects to life. The glogg pot is a favourite.

  • @norakonstantinopoulos5924
    @norakonstantinopoulos59246 ай бұрын

    Iona made this so much fun. Love the gorgeous objects! Great work to everyone who helped put this together.

  • @ellenfarrell2749
    @ellenfarrell27496 ай бұрын

    Fabulous video!! Oozing charm, charisma and all things Christmas. Really enjoyed the bloopers too! Thank you V&A for brightening my day :)

  • @nerissacrawford8017
    @nerissacrawford80176 ай бұрын

    The sass is top notch. The port bottle is really pretty.

  • @lkuffer
    @lkuffer6 ай бұрын

    Wonderful. "Bring back the grape scissors!!"

  • @lauraskonce3502
    @lauraskonce35025 ай бұрын

    I love trompe l'oeil ceramics, and am always on the look out for an asparagus dish. Thank you for this delightful visit to the V&A.

  • @NutshellLiving
    @NutshellLiving6 ай бұрын

    What a treat. Thank you and Happy Christmas.

  • @davidslinger3730
    @davidslinger37305 ай бұрын

    Absolutely LOVED this - thank you Iona. More please !!

  • @deborahmatatall
    @deborahmatatall6 ай бұрын

    What a fun video! Fascinating and delightfully presented. I love the whimsey of the gravy boat in the shape of cabbage leaves. Happy Christmas!🌸

  • @ediedbdbd7902
    @ediedbdbd79026 ай бұрын

    Loved the outtakes! What a charming presenter.

  • @kimcarlisle1510
    @kimcarlisle15106 ай бұрын

    This was delightful and you are hilarious! Happy Christmas. Loved the gold chocolate pot

  • @Lucysmom26

    @Lucysmom26

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah that was by far the most beautiful item, in my opinion.

  • @58jennypenny
    @58jennypenny6 ай бұрын

    great video, great sense of humour you have.

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    Iona saying Leif Helge Enger over and over again is honestly burnt into my mind kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4Npl8GIkbvSlNo.html

  • @Lesterluwu
    @Lesterluwu5 ай бұрын

    What a brilliant and cheeky video with some fun details about Christmas past for the well-to-do.

  • @kalelake3067
    @kalelake30675 ай бұрын

    Thank you; the chicken of course.. ⛄🎀

  • @GDLP9603
    @GDLP96036 ай бұрын

    Glögg sounds more like glug than glog.(The ö is not just for decoration.) Cheers from Finland🎄

  • @juliancoulden1753
    @juliancoulden17535 ай бұрын

    The best bits are the out takes!

  • @jezanne
    @jezanne6 ай бұрын

    I received part of the Christmas ornaments of my mother in law when she past away. What struck me was the old cardboard box they came in. It was mark ‘Neilsen chocolate bar 5 cent size’. Chocolate bar increase from 5 to 8 cents in Canada in 1947. Cardboard was very different back then, there is no ondulated middle part it is just a solid carton board about a quarter inch thick.

  • @SuperAdrienneLeigh
    @SuperAdrienneLeigh5 ай бұрын

    A very fun and festive video! Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas.

  • @vickyroy1877
    @vickyroy18776 ай бұрын

    The presenter absolutely made this video 🤣🤣legend

  • @annemills6022
    @annemills60226 ай бұрын

    the blooper real is gold!

  • @_Plumtree_
    @_Plumtree_6 ай бұрын

    This was lovely and fun. I also appreciate the acknowldegment of the not-so-fun history of the cacao trade. Thank you!

  • @cece3194
    @cece31944 ай бұрын

    i just love these old beauties. Poor Noel 🐽

  • @heatherborchardt6970
    @heatherborchardt69705 ай бұрын

    I absolutely adored this!! Thank you so much!!

  • @kyratango3800
    @kyratango38006 ай бұрын

    J'adore tout, les fabuleux objets, le décor et l'humour!!!

  • @kellybennett4838
    @kellybennett48385 ай бұрын

    such a fun video! I loved the cutlery set!

  • @edgar20146
    @edgar201466 ай бұрын

    Wonderful sense of humor, fantastic. Thank You and Merry Christmas.

  • @SharonStoppable
    @SharonStoppable6 ай бұрын

    This is a thing that I don't own, but I keep longingly glancing at the cast-aluminum squirrel shaped nutcracker (a functional one) and I just love it so much. By way of things I do own, however, is what is called a "cupcake keeper." a pink tupperware container shaped like a cupcake with swirls of icing, and it is supposed to carry a cupcake. Now, because of that lovely asparagus dish you featured in this video, I think I'll put something savory inside it. :)

  • @Galastel
    @Galastel6 ай бұрын

    Ooh, I want the piglet, for my Purim party.

  • @eily_b
    @eily_b6 ай бұрын

    Before chocolat got popular people ate sweet quince treats but after that the quince sweets lost their appeal and the quince got almost forgotten until recently. Just a little side note. I remember the letters getting picked up 4-5 times a day up until the early 80s in my country. The postbox had a little cylinder inside and when the postman picked the letters up he moved it forward to the next time. Postboxes that were emptied on Sundays had a red spot on them (our postboxes are yellow so the red spot stood out) but they all have disappeared now. No more sunday emptying and they are discussing to not even pick up and deliver letters every day in the future. All went downhill since then.

  • @sandrinedurand3203
    @sandrinedurand32036 ай бұрын

    Love you Iona, kick that stuffiness out!

  • @tracyphillips5754
    @tracyphillips57546 ай бұрын

    Hilarious and informative! More please and thank you!

  • @maxlinder5262
    @maxlinder52626 ай бұрын

    Thank you This was interesting ....😊

  • @susiekyusi
    @susiekyusi6 ай бұрын

    So good! Iona is a delight! And the editing is perfect- you struck the sweet spot of being entertaining and informative. Love your videos, V&A, keep them coming!

  • @philipjanssen
    @philipjanssen6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this amazing video! I’d love to see more like this ❤️

  • @mantronixtube
    @mantronixtube6 ай бұрын

    loved all of it plus how gorgeous is everything! thank you!

  • @cywoo9420
    @cywoo94205 ай бұрын

    Love it! Waiting for the next episode❤

  • @bobm2331
    @bobm23316 ай бұрын

    You got me early in the video. I would love to know more about the pig. How's it made etc. Your energy should increase "likes" and subscribers. You bring the V&A to life. Well done.

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    Noel (birth date unknown) was an award-winning prop suckling pig who once had pride of place in our galleries. Now he's enjoying well-earned retirement in our stores. He's made of wax, but is a bit sensitive about it. His favourite colour is blue.

  • @byronsbrain
    @byronsbrain6 ай бұрын

    Fantastic, I love all the tableware!

  • @defaultuser7777
    @defaultuser77775 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love this! Thank you ❤

  • @charlottec5802
    @charlottec58026 ай бұрын

    Huzzah for grape scissors! I became so obsessed with the idea of them a few years ago that my best friend bought me a pair from my birthday 😅

  • @TheIdahoBeauty
    @TheIdahoBeauty5 ай бұрын

    My favorite is the cabbage gravy boat.

  • @patriciarobinson5909
    @patriciarobinson59096 ай бұрын

    I definitely need a pair of grape scissors!😅

  • @jeffkeith637
    @jeffkeith6376 ай бұрын

    Could feast on this all Christmas Day instead of eat. Gorgeous AND sassy. Thanks Iona. Thanks team, a great festive treat.

  • @tradminus
    @tradminus6 ай бұрын

    Wonderful personality!

  • @daisycricket9212
    @daisycricket92126 ай бұрын

    This was awesome. Iona was so much fun to watch! Loved the outtakes. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals 😆🎄

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    Hope you have a great Christmas eating junk and watching rubbish 🏠

  • @vlisdero
    @vlisdero6 ай бұрын

    Loved this! Lovely presneter, too! Have a good one everyone! Merry Christmas to you all❤

  • @tobywollin8978
    @tobywollin89786 ай бұрын

    I'm a huge fan of modern Norwegian ceramics so I'm going to go with the glogg pot. Spectacular and lovely hand done decoration. Brago and very inspiring!

  • @suestark1775
    @suestark17756 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful video! I especially enjoyed the out takes.

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier96556 ай бұрын

    If someone fractured my magnificent porcelain chicken ,I would be inconsolable and in dire need of an extra hot chocolate in my gilded chocolate pot. I remember our holiday nut crackers had a swirl on the handles for grip.

  • @lorawaring883
    @lorawaring8836 ай бұрын

    cool! and lots of fun.

  • @miarrem
    @miarrem5 ай бұрын

    Great job! Loved it!

  • @Petermc95
    @Petermc956 ай бұрын

    This was awesome thank you ! 🎄

  • @martijnkeisers5900
    @martijnkeisers59006 ай бұрын

    How lovely!

  • @tonimiller5497
    @tonimiller54976 ай бұрын

    My favourite one of your videos yet. Iona is a hoot!😊

  • @londonhodnet4079
    @londonhodnet40796 ай бұрын

    Great video, have been around some tables where indeed it turns into a filthy animals by cheese time. Merry Christmas V & A

  • @willatv3021
    @willatv30216 ай бұрын

    So goofy and cutie!!!! Very fun

  • @frandearlove7246
    @frandearlove72466 ай бұрын

    Loved this 😍 Iona you’re a natural - funny, charismatic & engaging! Want to see more of you!

  • @xh3416
    @xh34166 ай бұрын

    Loved and laughed so much. Thank you and hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. ❤

  • @63artemisia63
    @63artemisia635 ай бұрын

    How delightful, Iona! I’m a new subscriber. I almost always have a bunch of grapes after dinner, and from now on I’ll think about snipping instead of plucking them like a heathen. Not saying I’ll actually do it but I’ll remember Iona, the Victorians and the V&A. Lovely dress, btw.

  • @JAmaral1575
    @JAmaral15756 ай бұрын

    😂 What a wonderful Christmas video!

  • @jeanneclark99
    @jeanneclark995 ай бұрын

    My favorite is the post box tin. Especially the ability to put different coins in different slots. Thanks so much for the informative and hilarious video! Happy Christmas to all of you at the V&A!

  • @leo_maino
    @leo_maino6 ай бұрын

    this girl is fantastically brilliant!

  • @scarymonsterer
    @scarymonsterer6 ай бұрын

    really enjoyable- thanks!

  • @powerfrenzy
    @powerfrenzy6 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the outtakes :)

  • @ionacmitchell
    @ionacmitchell6 ай бұрын

    Iona!! Adored this video!

  • @ninehaze
    @ninehaze5 ай бұрын

    Excellent choices! Thank you so much for this and your stellar ASMR at the Museum series❣️

  • @ciarahubble3859
    @ciarahubble38595 ай бұрын

    Iona you’re amazing!!

  • @lisalussuria4159
    @lisalussuria41596 ай бұрын

    I love this video! Host is charming! Objects are beautiful! My favorite is the Christmas plate by Eric.

  • @paulineballam5945
    @paulineballam59456 ай бұрын

    Wonderful 🎉🎉❤ loved it all 👌✨✨

  • @justjane2070
    @justjane20706 ай бұрын

    Love it 😍 thank-you 😂

  • @katrussell6819
    @katrussell68195 ай бұрын

    She is delightful. Have her do more videos. Great stuff to show as well. Enjoy the holidays.

  • @ValkiriStudio
    @ValkiriStudio6 ай бұрын

    This was so great! My favourite object was the portable cutlery, such an interesting item!

  • @Lucysmom26
    @Lucysmom266 ай бұрын

    I subscribe to a number of YT channels that focus on British history, culture etc. and the content on this one is by far the best. This video was really interesting, aimed at grown-ups and a personable-but-quirky-in-the-best-way presenter made it (even though I disagree with her about the beautiful glog pot!). Thank you and more please.

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    Lucysmom26 v Iona glögg pot smackdown

  • @nadineweiler7747
    @nadineweiler77476 ай бұрын

    This was a great video❤❤❤ thank you for keeping it real! She was terrific!

  • @gleann_cuilinn
    @gleann_cuilinn6 ай бұрын

    In my home we have what my mom calls a "dinka dinka", it's a little metal tray with a pillar in the middle thag supports a wheel with angels dangling from it, and there are spots for candles around the rim of the tray. the heat of the candles turns some fanblades on top so that the angels fly around and around. we put it on a table at christmas time

  • @bootsmith8016

    @bootsmith8016

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh we had one of these when I was a child but it got lost at some point. I wish I could find one again.

  • @ameryek.9607

    @ameryek.9607

    5 ай бұрын

    A glockenspiel is what you should look for. They're around

  • @robertmacpherson9044

    @robertmacpherson9044

    5 ай бұрын

    They are still in production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_chimes. Enjoy! @@bootsmith8016

  • @KerryAnnGL
    @KerryAnnGL6 ай бұрын

    I nearly bought a rooster lotion dispenser and I’m now not only mourning the loss of my rooster lotion pump but also what would be a perfect matching chicken soup tureen.

  • @vamuseum

    @vamuseum

    6 ай бұрын

    Chicken Run aesthetic 🤌

  • @shawtii1050
    @shawtii10505 ай бұрын

    This was such a great video!! More please!!

  • @auntielar
    @auntielar6 ай бұрын

    Great video! Merry Christmas to all

  • @marsbeads
    @marsbeads6 ай бұрын

    Very entertaining!

  • @czbaterka
    @czbaterka6 ай бұрын

    I love videos about ceramic 🎉 it's so pretty and beautiful ❤

  • @antoninbesse795
    @antoninbesse7956 ай бұрын

    Star presentation; just what we need in the runup to Xmas!

  • @kristendavis3846
    @kristendavis38465 ай бұрын

    The cabbage gravy boat is so delicate and lovely. I would absolutely use it.

  • @lizknittinggirl
    @lizknittinggirl6 ай бұрын

    Happy Happy Christmas from Australia. Iona you are fabulousness itself! I loved your wit and your knowledge. My favourites are the 50’s plate and gravy jug. Can’t remember the designer. Sorry. Today is Gravy Day in Australia named after a famous song by Paul Kelly. A truly authentic Australian Christmas song. Have a listen.Enjoy. Liz

  • @parryyotter

    @parryyotter

    5 ай бұрын

    The plate was from 1938

  • @mona-fb3mq
    @mona-fb3mq6 ай бұрын

    Looks nice

  • @cara7780
    @cara77806 ай бұрын

    Love Iona! Please bring her back for future vids!

  • @haillsj
    @haillsj5 ай бұрын

    This was great!! ❤

  • @erinrabideau3691
    @erinrabideau36916 ай бұрын

    Beautiful objects! Also, she is a treasure. ❤😅

  • @dggeorgia
    @dggeorgia6 ай бұрын

    Loved this video so much!

  • @EternalNyappy
    @EternalNyappy6 ай бұрын

    For me glogg is more redcurrant and cranberry juice based with christmassy spices. So it is red. The alcoholic versions taste so strong of liqour, so if I have mine, it is either alcohol-free or with red wine. There are maaaaaany different versions, but I think the most sold ones in Finland are redcurrant juice ones and the ready mixed alcohol version too is red.

  • @Dima_Dima
    @Dima_Dima6 ай бұрын

    Благодарю! И Вас с праздником!

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