Some pieces do not need perfection to move us. This Portuguese faience tureen has precisely that old, tender and lived-in beauty \u2014 the charm of the hands that made it, the tables it served, and the homes where it was lovingly kept.<\/p>\n
Judging by its shape, its simple floral decoration, the faded pink tone and the na\u00efve painted landscape with tree and houses, I would say this is presumably a late 19th-century \/ early 20th-century Portuguese piece<\/strong>, within the tradition of popular decorative faience. It is not a cold or distant object: it is a piece with soul, with small signs of time, wear along the rim, and that genuine patina that only the years can give.<\/p>\n I love the innocence of the painting, the blue flowers on the lid, the antique pink of the body, and that small almost dreamlike landscape, as if it held within it a memory of the countryside, of family, of a laid table and old Sundays. It is a humble, poetic tureen, full of character \u2014 one of those pieces that makes us feel that objects, too, know how to tell stories. \u2728<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some pieces do not need perfection to move us. This Portuguese faience tureen has precisely that old, tender and lived-in beauty \u2014 the charm of the hands that made it,…<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3651,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[37],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3650","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ceramics","first","instock","featured","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","layout-style-2","col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-6","col-lg-3","product-has-gallery","product-style-default"],"yoast_head":"\n