Influenced by tromp-l'oeil and early still life paintings, this collection of 'super real,' life-size porcelain fruit and vegetables has been produced since 1984 by Penkridge Ceramics, a small workshop close to Birmingham, England. Each piece of porcelain fruit is made with phenomenal attention to detail from hand-carved cane stems to the individually applied porcelain spikes on the horse chestnuts. The leaves are created in pewter by sculptor Alan Ballantyne. The finish of the monochrome metallics is made from real gold and silver.