Pewter and ceramic in the dish sets:
The real great industrial revolution in dinnerware took place in Protohistoric and Prehistoric times with the discovery of systems for preserving fire and therefore the need for a fireplace. The way food was cooked changed. Earthenware began to be used and this led to the development of the art of ceramics. In the third century b.C, red-hot stones were plunged into ceramic pots which yielded their heat to the water thereby making it boil and cooking the food. It was only with the discovery of metals that prehistoric woman was able to put pots directly over the fire. Between the tenth and eleventh centuries, the use of tin and pewter, materials that had been worked ever since the third century, in dinnerware, led to the production of everyday functional articles. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, wonderfully engraved and decorated pewter dinner sets made their appearance on the tabletops of the more well-to-do families. The tables of the rich were sumptuous and abounded in pewter and silver plates and trays. However, stoneware dishes, majolica plates and ceramic dinnerware became more and more popular.
Twenty-first century: the "Convivio" collection:
We wanted to combine the materials that had been so important for the evolution of dinner sets in Europe and the world into a single product . The idea was to make a perfect match between the two materials without using any kind of adhesive at all. We worked hard to ensure that the pewter bands around the ceramic plates and trays were positioned flush with the ceramic rims as though they were continuations of the rims themselves. Due to the fact that by nature the diameters of ceramic plates can never be exactly equal, the bands are adapted by hand for each item in order to ensure maximum adhesion. The pewter rims satisfy all EEC and USA regulations governing containers for alimentary use.
The real great industrial revolution in dinnerware took place in Protohistoric and Prehistoric times with the discovery of systems for preserving fire and therefore the need for a fireplace. The way food was cooked changed. Earthenware began to be used and this led to the development of the art of ceramics. In the third century b.C, red-hot stones were plunged into ceramic pots which yielded their heat to the water thereby making it boil and cooking the food. It was only with the discovery of metals that prehistoric woman was able to put pots directly over the fire. Between the tenth and eleventh centuries, the use of tin and pewter, materials that had been worked ever since the third century, in dinnerware, led to the production of everyday functional articles. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, wonderfully engraved and decorated pewter dinner sets made their appearance on the tabletops of the more well-to-do families. The tables of the rich were sumptuous and abounded in pewter and silver plates and trays. However, stoneware dishes, majolica plates and ceramic dinnerware became more and more popular.
Twenty-first century: the "Convivio" collection:
We wanted to combine the materials that had been so important for the evolution of dinner sets in Europe and the world into a single product . The idea was to make a perfect match between the two materials without using any kind of adhesive at all. We worked hard to ensure that the pewter bands around the ceramic plates and trays were positioned flush with the ceramic rims as though they were continuations of the rims themselves. Due to the fact that by nature the diameters of ceramic plates can never be exactly equal, the bands are adapted by hand for each item in order to ensure maximum adhesion. The pewter rims satisfy all EEC and USA regulations governing containers for alimentary use.
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Charger plate cm Ø 31 15090 CONVIVIO |
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Dinner plate cm Ø 27,5 15010 CONVIVIO |
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Soup - pasta bowl cm Ø 24 15020 CONVIVIO |
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Salad / dessert plate cm Ø 22 15030 CONVIVIO |
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Cereal bowl cm Ø 20 15040 CONVIVIO |
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Oval serving platter cm 57x38 15050 CONVIVIO |
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Oval serving platter cm 46 x 33 15420 CONVIVIO |
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Oval platter cm 37x27 15100 CONVIVIO |
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Round serving bowl cm Ø 39,5 15060 CONVIVIO |
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Round serving bowl cm Ø 30 15110 CONVIVIO |
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Covered soup bowl with plate cm ø 14.5 x h 10.5 15405 CONVIVIO |
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Covered soup bowl cm ø 14.5 x h 10.5 15400 CONVIVIO |
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Salt & pepper shaker set cm h 9 15495 CONVIVIO |
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Tea cup with saucer cm h 7 x cl 30 15120 CONVIVIO |
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Espresso cup with saucer cm h 7 cl. 7,5 15320 CONVIVIO |
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Butter dome cm Ø 14,2 x h 10 15200 CONVIVIO |
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Butter dome cm Ø 10,5 x h 7,5 15350 CONVIVIO |
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Butter dish cm 18,5 x 13 x h8 15230 CONVIVIO |
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Round sectional platter cm Ø 48,5 15270 CONVIVIO |
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Round serving platter cm Ø 48,5 15290 CONVIVIO |
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Footed bowl cm 38xh16,5 15300 CONVIVIO |
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Footed bowl with handles cm 38xh16,5 15301 CONVIVIO |
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Casserole dish holder cm 37 x 22 15380 CONVIVIO |
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Serving platter cm Ø 45 15410 CONVIVIO |
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Milk pitcher cm h 8 15440 CONVIVIO |
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Sugar packet caddy cm 7,5x10,5xh4,5 15460 CONVIVIO |
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Scribed rim charger cm Ø 34 15512 CONVIVIO |
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Bread plate cm 17 15513 CONVIVIO |
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Dinner plate cm Ø 28 37900 VIVIANA |
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Soup - pasta bowl cm Ø 25 37910 VIVIANA |
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Salad / dessert plate cm Ø 22 37920 VIVIANA |
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Gallic bread plate cm 17 36290 VIVIANA |
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Gallic charger cm Ø 34,5 37390 VIVIANA |
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Gallic charger cm Ø 32 35760 VIVIANA |
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Rectangular serving platter cm 37,5 x 24 38850 GIANNA |
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Footed bowl cm 38xh16,5 38880 GIANNA |
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Scribed rim charger cm Ø 33.5 38680 LUISA |
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Rectangular serving platter cm 37,5 x 24 38760 LUISA |
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Square serving platter cm 30 x 30 38770 LUISA |
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Scribed rim charger cm Ø 34 9162 ETRURIA |
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Charger scribed rim cm Ø 32 9161 ETRURIA |
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Charger - nature cm Ø32 102600 NATURA |
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Charger scribed rim cm Ø 32 51160 ANDREA DORIA |
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Charger baroque cm Ø 33 2540 BAROCCO |
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Bread plate cm Ø 17 2545 BAROCCO |
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Charger baroque cm Ø 32 52510 BAROCCO |
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Charger twist rim cm Ø 32 10300 SAN MARCO |
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Bread plate cm 18 15390 CONVIVIO |
