Chinoiserie Tapas Bowls | Set of Six

The Chinoiserie Tapas Bowls — a geometric diamond border running around the inner rim, a flowing scrollwork pattern covering the outer body, sold as a set of six — the everyday tableware where hand-painted character meets dishwasher-safe practicality.

These tapas bowls bring something most patterned tableware skips — two distinct chinoiserie motifs working on the same piece, the inner rim banded with a fine geometric diamond lattice in deep cobalt blue, the outer body covered in a sweeping scrollwork pattern of curling fronds and scalloped vines. The two patterns echo the layered design language of antique Chinese export porcelain, where decorative borders frame a freer central motif, but the small everyday scale — 19cm across — keeps them firmly in the territory of relaxed family dining rather than display china.

What sets it apart

The detail that makes it different

The genuine surprise with these bowls is what sits behind the traditional pattern — they are dishwasher and microwave safe stoneware, the kind of practical credentials that hand-painted-style chinoiserie almost never carries. The result is tableware that looks like it belongs on a Sunday-best dresser but is built to be used every day: tapas spreads, breakfast yoghurt, a side of olives at dinner, a bowl of soup at lunch. Sold as a set of six, the bowls are designed to mix with plain whites and weathered woods rather than to be saved for occasions, the cobalt blue working as a quiet accent color across a relaxed table.