Support museums with these Mother’s Day gift ideas

From William Morris goods to unique pottery, these wonderful objects are all available via museum shops 

Useful & Beautiful chef’s apron 

This beautiful cotton apron features William Morris’s stunning garden design and is embellished with vegan leather. As the founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, Morris was known for his mantra: ‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be beautiful or believe to be useful.’ Luckily, this apron fulfils both categories!

Purchase via William Morris Gallery, £26.95

Karina Bisch’s Karinascope umbrella

French artist Karina Bisch is known for her avant-garde designs that reference the work of European Modernists such as Robert and Sonia Delaunay. For the Karinascope umbrella she made eight original felt-pen drawings that represent recurring motifs within her practice, including letterforms, geometric shapes and floral patterns. It is a limited-edition piece commissioned by We Do Not Work Alone and sold via House of Voltaire, which specialises in selling artist objects and editions, to raise funds for Studio Voltaire in south London. 

Purchase via House of Voltaire, £125 

Stoneware bottle by Lucy Rutter

Turner Contemporary supports a whole host of local makers through its shop, including Faversham-based potter Lucy Rutter. She creates beautiful, simplistic wheel-thrown clay pieces, finished with shiny glazes. These bottles are inspired by the palette of the Kent marshes, and are available in freckled white, green and pink. Due to their handmade nature, each one is unique. 

Purchase via Turner Contemporary, £32

Angela Harding’s The Common jigsaw

Artist Angela Harding is known for her beautiful linocuts that celebrate the flora and fauna of the British countryside. Her scene of a common, complete with birds, butterflies and ramblers, is now available as a 1,000-piece puzzle via Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s shop. The institution is known for its incredible collection of sculptures – both permanent and special temporary displays – that fill the parkland. 

Purchase via YSP, £12.99

Grayson’s Art Club brass silhouette pendant 

This charming pendant features a silhouette copy of a Grayson Perry sculpture, titled Chris Whitty’s Cat. Commissioned to coincide with the recent Grayson’s Art Club exhibition, this hand-cut and solid brass outline is handmade by the Hope Jewellery Project. It provides training and fairly paid work for women living in the shanty towns of Lima, Peru.

Purchase via Manchester Art Gallery, £30