Linora Floral Stoneware Bowl 28cm - White

This is a large serving bowl in hand-painted stoneware, 28cm across and 9cm tall, with a capacity of 3325ml. The body is white, and the floral motif appears twice: a radiating spray of fine stems tipped with round heads sits in the centre of the inside, while a row of slender stems with rounded heads runs around the lower wall of the outside. At that size and depth it is a sharing bowl rather than a single portion, the piece you bring to the middle of the table.

With room for 3325ml, it suits a family salad, a dish of pasta, roast vegetables or a heap of fruit, so it works as well for a weekday supper in the kitchen as for a long lunch with friends in the dining room. It goes in the microwave and the oven, so you can warm or bake a dish in it and carry it straight to the table in the same bowl, which means one less serving dish to wash. The white ground shows food off clearly, and the motif in the centre comes back into view as the bowl empties, so the table still looks cared for at the end of the meal.

The bowl is made entirely of stoneware, a dense, hard-wearing ceramic, and the pattern is painted by hand, so the brushwork varies a little from one bowl to the next. Care is simple, because it goes in the dishwasher as well as the microwave and the oven. It weighs 1.27KG, which gives it a reassuring heft when it is carried full. A plain band at the foot frames the painted stems. For styling, let it be the one patterned piece among plain white plates, or fill it with lemons on the kitchen counter between meals.

How much does the bowl hold?

It holds 3325ml and measures 28cm across and 9cm tall, which makes it a serving bowl for sharing salads, pasta or fruit at the table.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

Yes. The maker lists it as dishwasher safe, so it can go in with the rest of your everyday tableware after a meal.

Can I use it in the oven or the microwave?

Yes. The maker lists it as both oven safe and microwave safe, so you can warm or bake a dish in it and serve from the same bowl.

What is the bowl made from?

It is made of 100% stoneware, a dense ceramic, with a floral motif painted by hand inside the bowl and around the outside wall.

Is every bowl exactly the same?

Not quite. Because the pattern is painted by hand, the brushwork and the placing of the stems vary slightly from one bowl to the next.

How heavy is the bowl?

It weighs 1.27KG empty, a solid weight for a bowl of this size and worth knowing when you carry it full.