party serveware

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop an oil and vinegar set by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design, which features a tray. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Painted by hand with vibrant floral motifs, Sergio Ponce works in the traditional Talavera ceramic style of Puebla, Mexico. The appetizer platter has five removable sections surrounding a bowl at the center.

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop a tea pot 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).

Flowers blossom with an exuberant feast of colors on this creamer and sugar bowl set designed in the Talavera style of the state of Puebla. The motifs are painted by hand over the ivory-color the ceramic creamer and sugar bowl with a palette that includes yellow-orange, blue, and green flowers over a crisscross network of dots and crosses. Bordered by a black honeycomb, the creamer and sugar bowl come 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.