These beautiful porcelain teacups with saucers are called 'By the Lake Cups'. Stunning designs on reflective platinum plated saucers make for a useful cup that is pretty enough to be sculpture. The silhouetted trees that encircle each By the Lake porcelain cup are mirrored in the platinum-plated surface of the matching saucer. What's more, the miniature images change with the light and point of view a tiny visual tempest in an exquisite teacup. Available from end of Feb 2006! (via designmyworld.net)

ChilliChily™ is a Hong Kong based design studio that is really making waves. These cups are beautiful in photos but must be held and viewed live to really appreciate how beautiful they actually are. When we were testing the product for our website we noticed that everyone's eyes would lazily drift back to the cups during conversation. That drift animates the reflection of the cup on the platinum surface of the saucer - a ha thus the name "By the Lake Cups." (via www.jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com)

Beautiful and thought provoking :) (via ChilliCilly)

Beautiful, moody like an Edward Gorey illustration.

On my Christmas wish list. (via laurasweet)