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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 6 месяцев назад

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

@hannahpumpkins4359 5 месяцев назад

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

@cece3194 4 месяца назад

She is!@@hannahpumpkins4359

@orandilu989 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

🫡🫡🫡

@copsdocker7680 6 месяцев назад

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

@melissameyers7347 5 месяцев назад

Yes! More Iona please! 😄

@AFriendlyWeirdo 6 месяцев назад

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

@spalmer4609 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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

@rammie4342 6 месяцев назад

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

@jasminush 6 месяцев назад

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

@vamuseum 6 месяцев назад

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

@jasminush 6 месяцев назад

@@vamuseum can't wait!!

@somewheresilverlake 6 месяцев назад

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

@vamuseum 6 месяцев назад

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

@sheilacasper2030 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the added info. That totally makes sense.

@echognomecal6742 5 месяцев назад

@@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 6 месяцев назад

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

@norakonstantinopoulos5924 6 месяцев назад

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

@ellenfarrell2749 6 месяцев назад

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

@nerissacrawford8017 6 месяцев назад

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

@lauraskonce3502 5 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

What a treat. Thank you and Happy Christmas.

@lkuffer 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful. "Bring back the grape scissors!!"

@davidslinger3730 5 месяцев назад

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

@deborahmatatall 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

Loved the outtakes! What a charming presenter.

@kimcarlisle1510 6 месяцев назад

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

@Lucysmom26 6 месяцев назад

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

@58jennypenny 6 месяцев назад

great video, great sense of humour you have.

@vamuseum 6 месяцев назад

Iona saying Leif Helge Enger over and over again is honestly burnt into my mind ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iO55_OaXldw.html

@Lesterluwu 5 месяцев назад

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

@kalelake3067 5 месяцев назад

Thank you; the chicken of course.. ⛄🎀

@GDLP9603 6 месяцев назад

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

@juliancoulden1753 5 месяцев назад

The best bits are the out takes!

@jezanne 6 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

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

@vickyroy1877 6 месяцев назад

The presenter absolutely made this video 🤣🤣legend

@annemills6022 6 месяцев назад

the blooper real is gold!

@_Plumtree_ 6 месяцев назад

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

@cece3194 4 месяца назад

i just love these old beauties. Poor Noel 🐽

@heatherborchardt6970 5 месяцев назад

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

@kyratango3800 6 месяцев назад

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

@kellybennett4838 5 месяцев назад

such a fun video! I loved the cutlery set!

@edgar20146 6 месяцев назад

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

@SharonStoppable 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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

@eily_b 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

Love you Iona, kick that stuffiness out!

@tracyphillips5754 6 месяцев назад

Hilarious and informative! More please and thank you!

@maxlinder5262 6 месяцев назад

Thank you This was interesting ....😊

@susiekyusi 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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

@mantronixtube 6 месяцев назад

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

@cywoo9420 5 месяцев назад

Love it! Waiting for the next episode❤

@bobm2331 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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.

@defaultuser7777 5 месяцев назад

I absolutely love this! Thank you ❤

@byronsbrain 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic, I love all the tableware!

@TheIdahoBeauty 5 месяцев назад

My favorite is the cabbage gravy boat.

@charlottec5802 6 месяцев назад

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 😅

@tradminus 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful personality!

@patriciarobinson5909 6 месяцев назад

I definitely need a pair of grape scissors!😅

@jeffkeith637 6 месяцев назад

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

@daisycricket9212 6 месяцев назад

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

@vamuseum 6 месяцев назад

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

@vlisdero 6 месяцев назад

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

@suestark1775 6 месяцев назад

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

@tobywollin8978 6 месяцев назад

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!

@annettefournier9655 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

cool! and lots of fun.

@miarrem 5 месяцев назад

Great job! Loved it!

@Petermc95 6 месяцев назад

This was awesome thank you ! 🎄

@martijnkeisers5900 6 месяцев назад

How lovely!

@tonimiller5497 6 месяцев назад

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

@londonhodnet4079 6 месяцев назад

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

@willatv3021 6 месяцев назад

So goofy and cutie!!!! Very fun

@frandearlove7246 6 месяцев назад

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

@xh3416 6 месяцев назад

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

@63artemisia63 5 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

😂 What a wonderful Christmas video!

@jeanneclark99 5 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

this girl is fantastically brilliant!

@scarymonsterer 6 месяцев назад

really enjoyable- thanks!

@powerfrenzy 6 месяцев назад

I appreciate the outtakes :)

@ionacmitchell 6 месяцев назад

Iona!! Adored this video!

@ciarahubble3859 5 месяцев назад

Iona you’re amazing!!

@ninehaze 5 месяцев назад

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

@lisalussuria4159 6 месяцев назад

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

@paulineballam5945 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful 🎉🎉❤ loved it all 👌✨✨

@justjane2070 6 месяцев назад

Love it 😍 thank-you 😂

@katrussell6819 5 месяцев назад

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

@ValkiriStudio 6 месяцев назад

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

@Lucysmom26 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

Lucysmom26 v Iona glögg pot smackdown

@nadineweiler7747 6 месяцев назад

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

@gleann_cuilinn 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

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

@robertmacpherson9044 5 месяцев назад

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

@KerryAnnGL 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

Chicken Run aesthetic 🤌

@shawtii1050 5 месяцев назад

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

@auntielar 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Merry Christmas to all

@marsbeads 6 месяцев назад

Very entertaining!

@czbaterka 6 месяцев назад

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

@antoninbesse795 6 месяцев назад

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

@kristendavis3846 5 месяцев назад

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

@lizknittinggirl 6 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

The plate was from 1938

@mona-fb3mq 6 месяцев назад

Looks nice

@cara7780 6 месяцев назад

Love Iona! Please bring her back for future vids!

@haillsj 6 месяцев назад

This was great!! ❤

@erinrabideau3691 6 месяцев назад

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

@dggeorgia 6 месяцев назад

Loved this video so much!

@EternalNyappy 6 месяцев назад

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.