{"title":"Coffee Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee earns a chair of its own here: something to sit in, a table small enough to reach everything on, and whatever you drink out of when nobody else is up yet. We collect the objects that turn twenty quiet minutes into an actual ritual, not just the accident of being awake before everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"desimone-hand-painted-espresso-cups-and-saucers-set-of-2","title":"DeSimone Hand-Painted Espresso Cups and Saucers, Set of 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo espresso cups and two saucers by Giovanni DeSimone of Palermo, hand-painted with his faces in orange, black and yellow on a cream ground, the saucers ringed in orange. Each cup is signed DESIMONE on the base with the number 64\/1 in his hand. The faces are the motif DeSimone is known for, and the palette is the one people look for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the saucers have chips on their rims; the cups are clean, glaze intact and colours strong on all four pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e saucers 5 in. across; cups 2.5 in. across and 2.5 in. tall. Weight 20 oz for the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound at Tasty Bird Vintage, Cincinnati, September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected North","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49358462648555,"sku":"CN-2609-TBV-CE03","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/files\/CN-2609-TBV-CE03_Primary.jpg?v=1789343734"},{"product_id":"acrylic-salt-and-pepper-shakers-with-napkin-holder-set","title":"Acrylic Salt and Pepper Shakers with Napkin Holder, Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eA set of acrylic salt and pepper shakers with their napkin holder from the 1970s: two clear cylinders with chrome-look caps that sit in a clear block beside the upright holder. Simple, bright and useful on a breakfast table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSets like this rode the acrylic and Lucite wave that ran through 1970s tables, when Italian brands like Guzzini popularized clear plastic as an affordable, modern stand-in for glass and silver. This one carries no mark, which makes it more likely one of the many unbranded pieces made to catch that trend than a named piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e acrylic clear with no crazing, caps present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 in. tall, 5 in. wide, 4 in. deep. Weight 8 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound at Tasty Bird Vintage, Cincinnati, September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected North","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49358485061867,"sku":"CN-2609-TBV-OB01","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/files\/CN-2609-TBV-OB01_Primary.jpg?v=1789338500"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/collections\/cn-ph-collection-fall-coffee-corner.jpg?v=1788389694","url":"https:\/\/collectednorth.com\/collections\/coffee-ritual.oembed","provider":"Collected North","version":"1.0","type":"link"}