Fired at 1,350° — why high-fired porcelain is worth insisting on

At 1,350 °C, clay stops being clay. The kaolin body vitrifies — fuses into a dense, glassy material that takes up almost no water, resists chipping at the rim and holds its glaze without crazing. Cheaper tableware is fired lower because every degree costs fuel; it looks the same on day one and ages entirely differently.

High firing is also what makes a glaze safe to promise things about. Our glazes are lead- and cadmium-free, and the temperature fuses decoration and body into one material — nothing sits on the surface waiting for a dishwasher to lift it.

The practical translation: everything in this catalog is dishwasher- and microwave-safe except the gold-rimmed pieces (Gilded Ocean, the gold-stand covered bowls), which ask to be washed by hand. Real gold is metal, not pigment — treat it kindly and it outlasts the habit of checking.