Embossed Blue Porcelain Bowls, 4.5 in, Set of 4

Four porcelain bowls in blue, 4.5 in across with a capacity of 11.8 fl oz, with a relief pattern pressed into the outside wall.

Four and a half inches is the single-portion size — cereal, a soup course, a side of vegetables, a dessert. It is smaller than a pasta bowl and larger than a dipping dish, which is the gap most households are missing.

The embossing is on the outside rather than the inside, which matters: a relief pattern inside a bowl collects food and is harder to wash. On the outside it gives grip and catches light without any practical cost.

Porcelain rather than stoneware means a thinner, harder body and a brighter white under the glaze, which is what makes a blue read clean rather than muddy. They take the dishwasher and the microwave, so they work as everyday bowls and not only as a set brought out for guests.

• 4.5 in, 11.8 oz: the single-portion size
• Embossing outside only: nothing to collect food inside
• Relief gives grip: on a bowl held in one hand
• Porcelain: a brighter white under the blue
• Set of 4: a household table
• Cereal to dessert: not locked to one course

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