Golden Pussy crockery puts a snap into giving

Short of unusual gift ideas for the women in your life? Then look no further than the China Vagina Collection.

Available worldwide online, this, er, unique series of china plates comes in a collection of six designs: The Golden Pussy, the World is her Oyster, Garden of Eden, Zip it!, The Orgasm, and The Rape of Tibet.

The latter is not for the squeamish, and you have to wonder what sort of meal would be served on it, let alone who on earth would display them on a kitchen dresser.

The artist, Ruth McLees, explained the reason for the collection's name on the website as thus: "The fragility and brittle beauty of fine bone china ceramics seemed to perfectly echo the delicate qualities of feminine sexuality."

We can only await the next inevitable stage, a series of phallic cutlery.