White Scallop Creamer

Product Description

Italy’s Veneto province has furnished the clay used by master sculptors ranging from Bernini to Michelangelo. The same clay is what transforms our creamer from an ordinary piece of china into a collector’s work of art. A creamer is probably not the first item you’d choose when you’re assembling a set of dinnerware destined to last a lifetime, but if you were to choose one to start your collection with, our White Scallop Creamer would be a sensible selection. At first glance you notice the clean lines as well as the aesthetic filigrees that immediately recall the gentle undulations of the sea that informed the vision behind this eye-catching piece. The alabaster whiteness of the glaze mirrors the color of the milk or cream it contains, making a near-ritual out of what from any other vessel would seem an ordinary pour. At 4.5 inches in height and with a capacity of 11 liquid ounces, this is not the slightest of creamers, but it’s so well balanced and so cleverly constructed that it feels in the hand like a much lighter thing. The terra marrone clay fires at high temperature and marries to a heat-proof glaze, which lets this creamer substitute as a gravy boat as needed.