Take a page from specimen-loving designer Alessandra Branca’s book and infuse your home with a little creepy-crawly fabulousness. These porcelain bottles, featuring transfer designs inspired by the curiosity cabinets of Renaissance Europe, will bring a stylish touch of science history to your tablescape. Psi, $115; theta, $90; and epsilon, $165; at Branca, 17 E. Pearson St., 312-787-1017, shopbranca.com

Photograph: Leonard Gertz