Addison Stoneware Bowl 8cm - White

This is a small stoneware bowl, 8cm across and 4.5cm tall, holding 75ml. That is a dipping bowl size: enough for soy sauce beside sushi, a spoonful of chutney with cheese or a little olive oil for bread. It is finished in a white reactive glaze scattered with fine speckles, and its rim rolls gently outwards over a deep, rounded body that stands on a narrow foot. It sits comfortably in the fingertips, and at 0.1KG it weighs next to nothing.

On the table it does the small jobs: salt flakes or cracked pepper for seasoning by hand, a few olives or nuts with drinks, or a sauce for each guest at dinner. Give everyone their own and nobody has to reach across the table. Because it can go in the microwave and the oven, it earns a place in the kitchen too, warming a little butter for corn on the cob or holding measured spices and chopped garlic ready by the hob while you cook. It suits anyone who cooks often, hosts tapas evenings or simply wants a tidy home for the salt.

Stoneware is a dense, hard-wearing ceramic, and a reactive glaze shifts as it fires, so the speckling and tone settle a little differently on every bowl and no two are quite alike. Care is simple: it is dishwasher safe, microwave safe and oven safe, so one bowl can warm a dip in the oven, serve it at the table and then go straight into the dishwasher. For styling, line several down the middle of a table for a sharing supper, or stand one on a small plate as a saucer at each place setting. The plain white glaze sits easily with wood, linen and stone, and looks just as good on an open shelf as it does at dinner.

What is the bowl's material?

It is 100% stoneware, finished in a white reactive glaze with fine speckles, so it feels dense and sturdy in the hand despite its small size.

How big is it?

It is 8cm across and 4.5cm tall and holds 75ml, which makes it a dip, sauce or condiment bowl rather than a bowl for a portion of soup or cereal.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

Yes. It is dishwasher safe, and it is also microwave safe and oven safe, so warming, serving and washing up need no special care.

What can such a small bowl hold?

Soy sauce, dips, chutney, olive oil, salt flakes, olives or nuts all suit it, and in the kitchen it keeps measured spices or chopped garlic ready by the hob.

How heavy is it?

It weighs 0.1KG, light enough to pass round the table with ease or to carry several at once from the kitchen.

Will every bowl look the same?

Not exactly. A reactive glaze shifts as it fires, so the speckling and tone vary a little from bowl to bowl, and each one has its own character.