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The Contreras Family in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, uses traditional Spanish majolica techniques to create beautiful Talavera-style tableware. This colorful pair of dinner plates is crafted and painted by hand with exuberant floral motifs. The lead-free plates make a stunning table setting for any occasion.

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop a pair of side plates by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

The stunning technique of celadon pottery decorates this classic luncheon plate by Thatsanee and Ramphan of Thailand. Inspired by baroque trends and the beauty of peony blooms, the team uses ceramic to create this accessory in a wondrous crackled finish and green hue—a combination that enriches the piece's floral details.

The wise and ethereal energies of the lotus flowers are here to transform your table decor into a display of sublime grace. Crafted from traditional celadon methods, Thai artisans Thatsanee and Ramphan's newest ceramic dinner plate aims to create an enchanting ambiance around your meals. The piece boasts a green hue accented by little speckles and petal details.

A cheerful green elephant seems to smile in this handcrafted design by Duangkamol. Working in Thailand's classic celadon ceramic, the creates a novel plate.

Flowers blossom with an exuberant feast of colors on plates designed in the Talavera style of the state of Puebla. The motifs are painted by hand over the ivory-color ceramic plates with a palette that includes yellow-orange, blue, and green flowers over a crisscross network of dots and crosses. Bordered by a black honeycomb, this pair of plates comes from the 'Zacatlán Flowers' collection designed by Pedro Tecayehuatl.

Talavera is a distinctive art form brought to Mexico by artisans from Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The ceramic artisans of Puebla, Mexico then incorporated Chinese designs, thus creating the blue and oyster-white patterns traditionally associated with Talavera Poblana. Today there are also more "contemporary" designs that include yellow, green, orange, mauve, black and red.

National and international conventions require that a rigorous procedure be followed in the elaboration of authentic Talavera-style ceramics. Each individual piece will be slightly different, and therefore a unique work of art.