party serveware

Succulent fruit exalts the rich harvest of a bountiful earth. Painted by hand, the sensuous motifs adorn a generous ceramic serving plate. Priscilla Urias de Benedetti recreates the allure of New Spain's traditional Talavera pottery.

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop an oil and vinegar set by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design, which features a tray. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop an oil and vinegar set by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Cocky roosters with soft green feathers take on the role of a sugar bowl and creamer. A master of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics, Gorky González creates this whimsical set. He signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop a tea pot by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

A butterfly keeps busy enjoying the nectar from a blooming lotus in this precious pair of egg cups designed by Thailand's Kanda. These splendid accessories are painted and crafted by hand from celadon ceramic, with their distinctive crackled and glazed appearance adding a delightful aura that your guests and you will adore.

Flowers blossom with an exuberant feast of colors on this creamer and sugar bowl set designed in the Talavera style of the state of Puebla. The motifs are painted by hand over the ivory-color the ceramic creamer and sugar bowl with a palette that includes yellow-orange, blue, and green flowers over a crisscross network of dots and crosses. Bordered by a black honeycomb, the creamer and sugar bowl come from the 'Zacatlán Flowers' collection designed by Pedro Tecayehuatl.

Talavera is a distinctive art form brought to Mexico by artisans from Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The ceramic artisans of Puebla, Mexico then incorporated Chinese designs, thus creating the blue and oyster-white patterns traditionally associated with Talavera Poblana. Today there are also more "contemporary" designs that include yellow, green, orange, mauve, black and red.

National and international conventions require that a rigorous procedure be followed in the elaboration of authentic Talavera-style ceramics. Each individual piece will be slightly different, and therefore a unique work of art.

Shaped like wild orchids, these plates exemplify the ancient art of celadon ceramic. Duangkamol designs and crafts the quartet in four beautiful colors. Each features a fishnet pattern.

Take your coffee and tea service to the next level with this adorable milk pitcher and saucer set designed by Thailand's Kanda. These accessories are truly special because of their lovely hand-painted lotus flower, bee and leaf motifs, but also because of the exquisite glazed and crackled accents characteristic of the celadon ceramic technique used in the crafting process.

Saucers always come in handy but aside from their utilitarian purposes can also be beautiful and artistic pieces of tableware like this floral and leaf design by Thailand's Kanda. The pair of green saucers is painted and crafted by hand using the celadon ceramic technique that gives each of them the crackled appearance so distinctive of this type of pottery.