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Small Plate

This small plate is a great as a side plate at a formal table setting, but is just as much at home with toast and jam at breakfast, or a sticky bun in the afternoon. Consider pairing these with our dinner plates for a beautiful table setting.

This is our most colourful and vibrant design with flowers in shades of yellow, red and blue. The leaves and stems are in complementary shades of green. This pattern is inspired by summer days and is sure to brighten up any home and to be very friendly and inviting on a summer’s day.

18.5cm diameter - Primavera Multicoloured
Price
16,00 €

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.