Collection of a robust and refined traditional pottery series of cups, bowls, plates fully handmade and hand painted in the small village of Fayoum, on the edge of an oasis in Egypt.Its primitive, hand-painted pattern of palm-tree,shows how the African continent abounds with marvelous craftsmanship for the home.They are fabricated with local materials and a traditional enamelling techniques that had disappeared since the 13th c. and reintroduced by a Swiss ceramist in the 1980s. Tradition perpetuated today by 3 generations.Not suitable for use in the dishwasher or microwave