Addy Stoneware Bowl 12cm - Brown

This small stoneware bowl is made as children's tableware, 12cm across and 6cm tall and holding 360ml. The outside is a glossy brown, scattered with little five-petalled flowers in three contrasting shades, each one outlined and finished with a dot at its centre, while the inside is left plain. Every bowl is hand decorated, so the flowers carry the soft look of handwork rather than the flat finish of a print. It weighs 0.318KG, and the stoneware gives it a reassuringly solid, grown-up feel in a child's hands.

At 360ml it is a child's breakfast bowl rather than a serving dish, the right size for cereal, porridge, or yoghurt with fruit, and for a small helping of pasta at teatime. It suits the family kitchen table or a child's own place at dinner, and it makes a cheerful bowl for an after-school snack of fruit or crackers. Adults will find a use for it too: the same size works for olives, nuts or a dip on the coffee table when friends visit, and for a pudding after a meal.

The bowl is 100% stoneware, a dense, hard-wearing material that holds heat well, and it goes in the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven. Porridge can be warmed, leftovers reheated and a little crumble baked in the bowl itself, and when the meal is finished it goes straight into the dishwasher, which is a real help on busy school mornings. As a styling note, line a few up on an open kitchen shelf, where the flowers bring a little colour to the room between meals, or pair one with plain plates so the pattern stays the star of the table.

What is the bowl's material?

It is made of 100% stoneware, and the flowers on the outside are hand decorated, giving them the soft look of handwork rather than a print.

Can it go in the dishwasher and the microwave?

Yes. It goes in the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven, so you can warm porridge, reheat leftovers or bake a small pudding in it and then wash it in the machine.

How big is the bowl and how much does it hold?

It is 12cm across and 6cm tall and holds 360ml, which makes it a child's breakfast bowl size rather than a large serving bowl.

What uses suit it best?

It is made as children's tableware, so it suits a child's cereal, porridge or yoghurt, and adults can use it for olives, nuts, dips or a pudding.

How much does it weigh?

It weighs 0.318KG, which together with its 12cm width makes it a compact bowl for everyday meals and snacks.

Is the inside decorated too?

No. The flowers run around the outside only, and the inside is left plain, so the pattern frames whatever you serve in the bowl.