Laveno Antique | Stoneware Serving Bowl Sèvres a lunch in the sun

a lunch in the sun

no fumbling

Handle by the clip

The thread holding the petals has mellowed to a soft beige with age

Laveno Antique | Stoneware Serving Bowl Sèvres a lunch in the sunA piece of Italian earthenware that has earned its age the kind of object that settles into a kitchen or onto a table without effort, whether it holds fruit, bread, or nothing at all. Thick walled stoneware, beige glaze aged into a fine web of crazing the glaze contracting over decades, not damage. Age has left each piece its own marbling; no two are identical. Smooth to the touch despite the visual texture. Simple and generous at 21 cm across, 7 cm