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Dinner Plate

This dinner plate has a classic profile and shape. They are a medium sized dinner plate with a relatively deep profile, which is great for any and all dishes. They pair perfectly with our 19cm side plate, where both borders will be shown in a table setting. These plates are sure to become a celebrated guest at family dinners for years. At home, we are still using plates everyday that were made at the pottery in the early 1980s.

This new iteration of our classic Primavera design is light and effortless. It is a generously spaced decoration, with single flowers surrounded by a flurry of leaves. We have allowed a little more white space than our traditional Primavera, which enables the form of the piece to stand out. For chefs, this design will allow the dishes that you serve to shine, lightly enclosing your meals in a garland of spring-time flowers.

26.5cm diameter
Price
19,00 €

All our ceramics are hand made and hand painted by skilled artisans using ancient techniques here in the Algarve region of Southern Portugal.

Red clay, earthenware pottery has been characteristic of the region ever since the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Moors traded along the Algarvian coast. It has always been favoured for its hard-working, durable qualities. It has a satisfying weight and a robustness that is distinctive in the hand. In most instances, the shapes we use have been handed down, from potter to potter, for thousands of years and you will often find identical shapes in history museums across Europe.

The pottery is hand glazed and kiln fired to temperatures of over 1000º Centigrade (or around 2000º Fahrenheit), which makes it completely food safe, and brings out the lustrous finish.

We use the ancient Majolica technique to decorate our ceramics. This over glaze painting method demands free-flowing, confident brushwork, much like a fresco, and lends each piece with the distinct character of the artisan that has painted it. This means each and every piece is completely one-of-a-kind.

This is why you will find the signature of the artist and the mark of the Pottery on the base of each piece, though the trained eye can identify the artist from their brushwork alone.