Chesil 12 Piece Beaded Edge Dinner Set | Taupe Earthenware

A fine beaded rim running around a softly irregular edge — twelve pieces of taupe earthenware that dress a table for four without matching too neatly.

The Chesil is a whole table in one box. Twelve pieces of glazed earthenware in a warm taupe — four dinner plates, four side plates and four bowls — each edged with a delicate raised bead and shaped with a gently uneven, hand-formed outline. The beading is the detail that makes it: a fine row of raised dots picking up the light around every rim, in the language of old French faience rather than anything overtly modern. The taupe is warm rather than grey, so it flatters food and sits comfortably with linen, wood and pale ceramics. Dishwasher, microwave and food safe throughout, which makes it a set for daily use rather than the back of a cupboard.

What sets it apart

The detail that makes it different

A twelve-piece set usually means twelve identical, characterless pieces. The Chesil combines two things that rarely arrive together: a properly decorative beaded rim, and an organic, softly wavering outline that means no two plates sit quite the same way in a stack. The beading catches the light around each edge and defines the shape without adding pattern or colour to compete with what you serve. Earthenware fires at a lower temperature than stoneware, which is what gives it the softer, warmer depth of glaze — and here it's finished to be dishwasher and microwave safe, so the character costs you nothing in convenience. Buy a second set and the table extends to eight without anything looking mismatched.