Chip Striped Stoneware Bowl 24cm - Yellow

This is a wide, shallow stoneware bowl, 24cm across and 7cm tall, painted by hand with yellow stripes running down the outside and the word CHIPS lettered across the front. Inside, the bowl is scattered with small painted dots, and the rim is scalloped all the way round, so it looks as cheerful from above as it does from the side. It holds 2850ml, which makes it a proper sharing bowl rather than a single portion: big enough for a heap of chips, crisps or popcorn to pass round the sofa or the table.

It is made for evenings when food goes in the middle and everyone helps themselves: a film night, a match on the television, friends round for drinks and nibbles, or a Friday fish and chip supper tipped out of the paper. Because it is wide and shallow, hands reach in easily from every side, and its low profile sits comfortably on a coffee table or a crowded dining table. It earns its place on weekdays too, as a salad or pasta bowl, and it suits a kitchen, dining room or living room where a little colour and humour are welcome.

The bowl is 100% stoneware with a handpainted finish, and you can see the brushwork in each stripe and dot. Stoneware is dense and holds heat well, and this bowl goes in the oven, the microwave and the dishwasher, so you can warm chips through in the oven, reheat leftovers in the microwave and load it straight into the dishwasher afterwards. At 1.08KG it feels solid and settled in the hand. For styling, let the stripes do the work: stand it on a plain wooden board or a linen tablecloth, with a stack of napkins beside it.

How big is the bowl?

It is 24cm across and 7cm tall and holds 2850ml, so it is a generous sharing bowl for the middle of the table rather than a single serving.

Can it go in the dishwasher, microwave and oven?

Yes. The maker lists it as suitable for the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven, so you can warm food, reheat leftovers and wash it without fuss.

What is it made of?

It is made of 100% stoneware with a handpainted finish and weighs 1.08KG. Stoneware is a dense material that holds heat well.

Is the inside patterned as well as the outside?

Yes. The outside carries handpainted yellow stripes and the word CHIPS, while the inside is covered in small painted dots and the rim is scalloped all round.

Is it only for chips?

Not at all. Despite the lettering, its 2850ml capacity suits salad, pasta, popcorn, crisps or fruit on the kitchen table just as well.

What comes with it?

You receive one stoneware bowl, 24cm across. The food and the styling props shown are not included with it.