Set of two coffee cups with saucers, honey flowers
Espresso cup set

Two cups and a saucer: the gift that can't go wrong.

Set of 2 Coffee Cups with Saucer · Honey Flowers

  • honey
  • h 8 cm · 18 × 14 cm
  • white clay

€49,50

This piece is one of a kind.

What you see in the photo is what you'll receive. If you'd like another, it can be remade to order.

Thrown, painted and fired by hand by Marcella and Maria Teresa Lorenzi, in Empoli.

The piece

Two coffee cups and their saucers, eighteen by fourteen. Honey-colored glazed white earthenware, hand-painted flowers.

It's the kind of gift you give when you don't know what to get and you don't want to make a mistake.

How it's made

From raw clay to the second firing. In between there are two pairs of hands and a kiln you cannot be in a hurry to open.

  1. The wheelThe raw clay rises and takes shape. From here on every gesture stays: a piece that goes wrong is made again from scratch.
  2. The first firingThe piece goes in raw and comes out biscuit: porous, matt, still without colour. It is the state in which it drinks the glaze.
  3. The brushThe decoration is painted freehand, one piece at a time. It is the step that means two pieces never come out identical.
  4. The second firingTwelve, thirteen hours in the kiln. It cannot go any faster: ceramic heated suddenly shatters. Then it cools on its own, and only then is it opened.
Materials
White painted and enameled earthenware
Dimensions
h 8 cm · 18 × 14 cm
Clay
White
Decoration
Floral

How to look after it

A few things, but they have to be respected: it is fired glaze, not plastic.

  • Hand wash
  • Dishware

On request

Want it different?

Another colour, another size, a piece designed just for you: Tuscany Market Hub handles the request. Write to us, we'll put it into production and come back to you with timings and a price.

Ask for a made-to-order piece

The request goes to Tuscany Market Hub, who pass it on to Il Papavero.
About ten days of work for the large pieces. The kiln alone runs for twelve hours.

From the same hand

Two ways to browse: the same decoration, or the same object in another guise.

Set of cups with honey flowers, view from above
Set of cups with honey flowers, close-up
Set of cups, the saucer
Set of cups, overall view
The workshop

Marcella and Maria Teresa Lorenzi

Two sisters, a kiln and raw clay. The passion started when they were children and took the serious road at the art school in Firenze; then life closed down a business and brought them back here, to ceramics, with the VAT number reopened and their hands in the clay.

They make two things that do not resemble each other: natural decorations and table centerpieces. All painted by hand, piece by piece, and fired slowly.

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