Shell Box

An element of surprise is always on the cards with Astier de Villatte – the Parisian ceramicist with a workshop that thrives on spirit rather than supply. As a result, its pieces have a special charm that makes the simple tasks, like storage, a true joy. This box is shaped like a shell with intricate etchings impressed into the glaze.

Material: ceramic
Country of origin: France
Dimensions: 13.5cm (l) x 12.2cm (h) x 4.3cm (w) / 5.3" (h) x 4.8" (w) x 1.7" (l)
Cleaning: handwash only
Colour: white

Old friends Ivan Pericoli and Benoît Astier de Villatte met at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, leading to the launch of Astier de Villatte in 1996. Since the beginning, they’ve been charmed with ideas of the imperfect, finding beauty in uneven glazes, dark pockmarks and subtle ripples. But these details only emphasise the craft tale behind each piece – stories that start with a single sheet of black terracotta clay extracted from Parisian quarries. They follow traditional Roman methods to bring each ‘dream object’ to life, shaping and inscribing each one with the potter’s initials and finishing with a high-shine white porcelain glaze.

Product number: 2212606117

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