Delphine Footed Pedestal Ceramic Bowl

The Delphine — a footed pedestal bowl in glazed terracotta, the cream glaze pooling to honey amber at every edge, with twin scrolled handles flanking a generous open mouth — the urn that quotes a classical garden trophy in a softer, pastoral palette.

The Delphine brings a silhouette borrowed directly from classical antiquity — a wide shallow bowl raised on a substantial turned pedestal foot, with two looped handles arching from rim to body — but the finish softens it into something far more pastoral than ceremonial. The cream glaze covers the body in a glossy, slightly mottled sheet, while the kiln has caught more glaze at every raised edge: a warm honey amber outlines the rim, the handle profiles, the join where bowl meets pedestal, and the foot ring. The result is a piece that looks naturally aged, the contrast between body and edge giving the form its definition without the need for any applied decoration.

What sets it apart

The detail that makes it different

The detail that lifts the Delphine above a generic urn is what happens where the handles meet the body — each handle terminates in a small coiled scroll, the kind of considered finishing flourish found on antique Italian and French country pottery, where the maker pinched the wet clay into a tiny curl rather than simply pressing it flat. It is a five-second gesture that signals the piece was thrown by hand. The proportions are more generous than tall: 41cm wide, 28cm high, with a 29.5cm mouth opening that swallows a full armful of garden roses, a heaping bowl of fresh fruit, or a candle nest of moss and dried hydrangeas. At over six kilos the weight is genuine — this is a piece that anchors a table rather than perches on it.