{"title":"The Village","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-night-village-hand-painted-stoneware-plate","title":"The Night Village — Hand-Painted Stoneware Plate","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA row of little houses stands shoulder to shoulder beneath a deep cobalt sky — red roofs, a green façade, a blue one with windows lit like small yellow squares. A crescent moon and a scattering of stars sit overhead, and the ground rolls away in soft yellow toward the rim. It's a whole small town on a plate, painted entirely by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach plate is handcrafted by skilled artisans, every house outlined and filled in individually beneath a smooth, food-safe glaze, with a clean cobalt line finishing the rim. The gentle depth of the well makes it as useful for a bowlful of berries as it is for a proper meal, and the speckled cream reverse shows the honest stoneware underneath. Because each piece is painted by hand, the windows, roofs and stars fall a little differently on every plate — yours will be the only one exactly like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eUse it as a dinner plate with real character, a serving plate for fruit, cheese or pastries, or stand it on a shelf where the colours can do their work. 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A cobalt line finishes the edge and holds the whole cheerful scene together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach plate is handcrafted by skilled artisans, every house, dot and palm frond drawn and filled in by hand beneath a smooth, food-safe glaze. The plate has a gentle depth to it — enough to hold a proper salad, not just sit flat — and the speckled cream reverse shows the honest stoneware underneath. Because each piece is painted individually, the dots and rooftops fall a little differently every time; yours will be the only one exactly like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's a plate that flatters food rather than competing with it — tomatoes, basil, olives and bread look made for it. Use it for lunches worth slowing down over, as a serving plate for a table that needs waking up, or stand it on a shelf where the colour can be seen. 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Turn any piece over and the speckled cream stoneware underneath reminds you these were made by hand, not stamped out.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach piece is handcrafted by skilled artisans and painted individually beneath a smooth, food-safe glaze, finished with a cobalt line at the rim. The bowls are deep and glossy blue inside, the plates have enough well to hold a proper serving, and the lidded casserole is generous enough to carry a dish from oven to table without apology. The pieces nest and stack together, so the set stores as sensibly as it serves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a table that gets remarked on. Use it for long lunches, for the meals you cook when people come over, for the evenings worth setting the table properly. 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