Willow & Ware was founded in memory of Christina Dishington — a woman with an extraordinary eye and a lifelong devotion to beautiful things.
Christina was Scottish, and she spent decades gathering the unusual, the elegant, and the overlooked: antique glassware, hand-thrown ceramics, vintage tableware and decorative objects collected from markets, auctions, and antique fairs across Britain and beyond. Each piece chosen with instinct, not trend.
When she passed, her grandchild and family, James Dishington and his partner Caitlin Parker couldn’t bear to let the collection sit in boxes. So they opened a prop hire house instead.
Willow & Ware is now based in Kentish Town, North London, at Murphy’s Yard — a creative hub just minutes from Camden and Chalk Farm. Our showroom is open by appointment, and our collection is available to hire for editorial shoots, commercial campaigns, food photography, film, TV, and events.
We’re always expanding the collection with fresh finds, and we publish catalogue updates throughout the year. If you’re looking for something specific, get in touch — we’re happy to help source it.
Meet the Team
CO FOUNDER
Caitlin Parker
Caitlin is a creative producer who's spent her career bringing other people's big ideas to life — most recently as Experiential Producer at The Park, and before that at The Romans. She's run shoots, events, and brand activations for London's biggest agencies, managing the budgets, timelines, and suppliers that decide whether a project lands.
That production background is the engine room of Willow & Ware. Caitlin knows what stylists and producers need from a prop house — clear quotes, fast turnaround, props that arrive looking right — because she's been the one on the other end of the call.
CO FOUNDER
James Dishington
James Dishington is the co-founder of Willow & Ware Props and Christina Dishington's grandson. He spent several years as a digital manager at a leading photography rental house before launching Willow & Ware with Caitlin Parker to share his grandmother's lifetime collection of vintage glassware, ceramics, and homeware with the creative industry.