Chip Striped Stoneware Bowl 17cm - Pink

This is a stoneware bowl 17cm across and 7cm tall, painted by hand with broad pink stripes running up the outside and a scatter of small dots across the inside. A scalloped rim softens the top edge, and the word CANDY is lettered on the side, so it announces its job before anyone peers in. Stoneware is a dense, hard-wearing ceramic fired at high temperature, and at 1.08KG this is a reassuringly solid bowl in the hand rather than a flimsy one.

At 17cm across it is about the size of a cereal bowl, which makes it right for a single portion of sweets, a handful of crisps or popcorn passed along the sofa on a film night. It is approved for food, so it is just as useful at breakfast for cereal, yoghurt and fruit, or at a dinner party with olives or salted nuts set out for guests. It suits a children's birthday table, a pick and mix evening with friends, and any kitchen where a little pink on the open shelf is welcome between uses. The styling props shown are not included.

Every stripe and dot is painted by hand, so the lines carry the soft, slightly uneven edge of a brush rather than the crisp edge of a print, and that is a large part of the charm. The scalloped rim gives the top a gentle frill that softens the whole outline. Stoneware is a sturdy everyday material, so this is a bowl to use rather than one to keep for best. For a party, set out a few in a row with a different treat in each, or keep one on the kitchen worktop as the house sweet bowl, where the pink stripes add colour without any fuss.

What is the bowl made of?

It is made of 100% stoneware, a dense ceramic, and the stripes outside and the dots inside are painted by hand, so each line has a brushed edge.

How big is the bowl?

It is 17cm across and 7cm tall, roughly the size of a cereal bowl, which suits a single portion of sweets, crisps or breakfast.

Can I put food in it?

Yes. It is approved for food, so it is made for sweets, popcorn, crisps, cereal, fruit or nuts as well as for display on a shelf.

How heavy is it?

It weighs 1.08KG, so it is a solid, substantial stoneware bowl that feels weighty in the hand rather than light and thin.

What does the inside look like?

The inside is painted with small dots scattered across the base and sides, while the outside carries broad pink vertical stripes and the word CANDY.

Is it one bowl or several?

It is a single stoneware bowl. The styling props shown are not included, so you receive the bowl on its own, without the sweets or other pieces.