buffet serveware

By Sergio Ponce, this majolica ceramic tortilla container features convenient handles and a lid to keep the tortillas warm. It is sure to bring the colors of Mexico to your home. The design is painted by hand with vibrant floral motifs inspired by Mexico's traditional Talavera pottery.

Customarily, the stack of hot tortillas is wrapped in a cloth napkin before it is placed in the bowl.

Perfect for serving up your favorite refreshments, this coffee pot from Mexico is the work of Sergio Ponce. Inspired by Talavera pottery, he hand-paints vibrant floral motifs on the exterior of the Majolica pot and lid.

Hand-painted with intricate floral motifs in the style of Mexican handicrafts, this sugar and tea holder is designed by Mexican artisan Pedro Tecayehuatl. He crafts the holder of ceramic. This lovely table accessory is named after Zacatlan, a small city located in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

Hand-painted with intricate floral motifs in the style of Mexican handicrafts, this napkin holder is designed by Mexican artisan Pedro Tecayehuatl. He crafts the holder of ceramic. This lovely table accessory is named after Zacatlan, a small city located in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

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.