Serve up haute-cuisine or home-cooked favourites on this clarabelle soup plate from Astier De Villatte. Votary of pre-industrial fabrication, Astier De Villatte is celebrated for being the one and only studio in paris to hold and harbour the traditions of artisanal ceramic production. Restoring the ancestral systems of moulding and stamping, this plate is made using handcrafting techniques from the middle ages which involve moulding a handmade sheet of clay, double firing the �biscuit' piece and glazing the product in white enamel a lengthy process that involves a drying time of up to one month. Characterised by a detailed design to the rim, this plate is engraved with the brand's signature crest - depicting an interlacing a & v - alongside the initials of one of the 40 master artisans who created it. Each handmade piece tells a beautiful story, it romances and imparts a sense of nostalg