YELLOW RAVEL PLATE

7"ø
Glazed Earthenware
FRANCE

For quite a long time I searched for a plate this size, warm but not too decorative. I was looking for something to be used not for dessert but specifically toast, my most favorite meal. Some of us survive off of ice-cream, I survive off of toast. These plates are part of the ""Calotte"" collection produced by the Ravel factory, founded in 1837 just outside of Marseille, their opening being around the same time Dumas wrote ""The Count of Monte Cristo"". The story of the sea continues, as in the 19th century, these plates existed only in a deep, bowl-like version; they were known as ""crew plates"" (*assiettes d'équipage*), primarily used by sailors, the form being good when on the seas. Time passed, about 100 years goes by; in 1946, Mr. Gilbert Ravel decided to expand the series to include dinner plates and dessert plates, as well as salad bowls, serving platters, and more, to create a complete dinnerware set. Today, they continue to be made in the original factory in the traditional way, one by one by hand.  From count to crackers, it is no matter to me, these plates make me feel the warm beauty of the sun every morning, one can feel it, the color. Check out our french bottarga for more views.