Sandrine Stoneware Dinner Set of 12 - Blue

This blue stoneware dinner set brings together twelve pieces in three shapes, so one set covers the main course, the lighter plate and the bowl food of an everyday table. There is a dinner plate 28.5cm across and 2.5cm tall, a smaller plate 22cm across and 2cm tall, and a deep plate 22cm across and 5cm tall. The finish is a reactive glaze, which moves and pools as it fires, so the blue drifts across each surface in soft, cloudy tones, and a darker line round every rim gives each piece a clean edge.

The 28.5cm plate is a full dinner plate size, right for a roast, a steak or a generous main course, while the 22cm plate suits starters, lunch, salad, cake or dessert. The deep plate sits somewhere between a bowl and a plate: deep enough to hold pasta, risotto, curry or soup, yet open enough to twirl spaghetti with a fork. It is a set made for the kitchen table every day, and the soft blue looks just as right on a dinner table laid for friends at the weekend, beside linen napkins and woven place mats.

Every piece is 100% stoneware, a dense clay fired at a high temperature that stands up well to daily use, and the set weighs 8.256KG in all. Each piece goes in the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven, so you can warm the plates in the oven before serving, reheat a portion in the deep plate and load everything into the dishwasher afterwards. Because a reactive glaze never fires the same way twice, expect gentle differences in tone from one piece to the next; that variation is the character of the finish. For a relaxed place setting, stack the dinner plate, the smaller plate and the deep plate on a woven mat and let the darker rims frame the food. The styling props shown are not included.

What is in the set?

The set holds twelve stoneware pieces in three shapes: dinner plates 28.5cm across, smaller plates 22cm across, and deep plates 22cm across and 5cm tall.

Can it go in the dishwasher, microwave and oven?

Yes. Every piece goes in the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven, so you can warm plates in the oven before serving and reheat leftovers in the microwave.

What is a reactive glaze?

It is a glaze that moves and pools as it fires, so the blue varies in tone across each surface and from one piece to the next, with a darker line at every rim.

What can I serve in the deep plate?

At 22cm across and 5cm tall it sits between a bowl and a plate, a good shape for pasta, risotto, curry, stews and soup.

How heavy is the set?

The whole set weighs 8.256KG, a solid weight that reflects the dense stoneware of every piece in it.