Bobble Bowl | Ceramic | Burnt Orange

Seven colourways. This is the one that does not sit quietly.

Also available in white, cream, light blue, sage green, grey and navy. Same bowl, same bobble rim, in six quieter finishes if orange is more than your room wants.

38cm across is a proper centrepiece. On a 140cm coffee table it occupies about a quarter of the length, which is why it works as the single central object rather than one of a group.

At 15cm it is deeper than most decorative bowls, so it holds a genuine quantity rather than a single layer. On a dining table it sits just below the sightline when seated.

Allow more than 38cm of clear surface. The bobbles project beyond the body, so the real footprint is slightly wider than the bowl itself.

Every sphere is applied by hand, and they are deliberately not the same size.

A moulded bobble rim would repeat exactly. Here the spheres are applied individually, in sizes from small to almost golf-ball, sitting at irregular intervals and at slightly different heights around the rim. That variation is what makes the bowl look made rather than manufactured, and it is why the profile changes as you turn it.

In high-gloss orange those spheres do something the paler colourways cannot. A saturated glaze on a curved surface throws a hard highlight on every bobble, so the rim reads as a row of individual points of light rather than a soft texture.

The colour is a burnt, slightly earthy orange rather than a bright primary, closer to terracotta than to tangerine. That is what keeps it usable in a room with timber and warm neutrals, where a true orange would fight everything.

The body itself is entirely plain, a smooth curved bowl on a small foot, which is exactly right. All the incident is at the rim, and a textured body would be one thing too many.

• Hand-applied spheres in varying sizes, irregular rather than repeating
• High-gloss orange throwing a hard highlight on every bobble
• A burnt earthy tone rather than a bright primary, so it sits with timber
• A plain body, keeping all the incident at the rim where it belongs
• 38cm across, a genuine centrepiece rather than an accent bowl
• 15cm deep, so it holds a real quantity rather than a single layer
• One of seven colourways, from this to white, navy and sage
• Instantly recognisable, which very few bowls manage

An orange this saturated is a decision. Put it against bare timber, linen or a pale wall and let it be the single point of interest, rather than pairing it with another strong colour on the same surface.

The bobbles are the product and burying them defeats the point. A third full at most, so the spheres stand clear of whatever is inside.

If you are filling it, green apples, limes or foliage from faux flowers and greenery. Orange and green is the pairing that works; orange and red is the one that does not.