Blue pottery, Bowls
Dipping Bowls, Set of 2
- Jaipur blue pottery
- Jaipur
- Quartz
£30
Two small bowls that showcase the centuries-old craft of Jaipur blue pottery. They can be used for dipping sauces and condiments, or as pinch bowls for sea salt, pickles and lemon wedges. Pressed and painted by hand, fired once.
Where it lives
Beside a serving platter.
Details
- Made in
- Jaipur
- Craft
- Jaipur blue pottery
- Materials
- Quartz, glass and cobalt oxide
- Care
- Can be washed in warm soapy water. Not for the dishwasher or the oven. Keep it where it can be seen.
How it is made
Jaipur blue pottery is made without clay. Ground quartz, glass and fuller's earth are kneaded into a dough, pressed into moulds, painted by hand in cobalt and copper oxides and fired once at a low heat. The craft came to Jaipur by way of Persia and the Mughal court, and the city has made it for a century and a half.
Hand made, so no two are identical. Small differences in the print, the dye and the finish are a record of the process and not a fault.
