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Nº 01 — Professional

Fine bone china, guaranteed for life.

Fine bone china and high performance porcelain for hotels and restaurants, made in our own factories and backed in writing by the DuraEdge® edge-chip guarantee: lifetime on bone china, five years on porcelain.

LifetimeDuraEdge® on fine bone china
5 yearsDuraEdge® on high performance porcelain
BS 5416 · BS 4034 · ASTM C368Tested at a Lucideon-approved laboratory
Est. 2011Our own factories, our own body and glaze
Why LAZZARO

The specification of the best houses. The economics of owning the factory.

LAZZARO is made to the same body grades and test standards as the leading British and European tableware houses: authentic BS 5416 fine bone china at more than 45% bone ash, and alumina-vitrified porcelain in the class the UK market calls fine china. The difference is that we make it ourselves, from raw material to final inspection, in factories we own. There is no licensing, no third-party plant and no distributor between the kiln and your quotation — which is why a LAZZARO programme is specified like the best and priced for the whole property.

Two bodies

Choose the body for the outlet.

Fine bone china carries the occasion; high performance porcelain carries the volume. Most properties run both, and the shapes are designed to sit together on one table.

Benchmarks

Judge it against the best, not the cheapest.

Tableware is sold under a handful of words that hide very different materials. This is the class LAZZARO is built to, body for body.

Fine bone china

In the company of the English and Japanese houses.

Authentic bone china carries the BS 5416 mark and a bone-ash content well above the 30% threshold. LAZZARO is made at more than 45%, which is where the warmth, translucency and strength of the body come from.

  • ClassAuthentic fine bone china, as made by the English and Japanese houses
  • Body standardBS 5416 fine bone china, 45%+ bone ash
  • StrengthTwice that of other bone china on the market
  • Weight30% lighter than porcelain at the same diameter
  • Edge guaranteeDuraEdge® lifetime, in writing
High performance porcelain

In the company of the alumina-vitrified houses.

The premium UK hotelware houses sell this grade under names such as alumina vitrified and fine china. It is a different material from the standard porcelain sold by volume brands, and it is the grade LAZZARO makes.

  • ClassAlumina vitrified / fine china grade, as made by the leading British houses
  • Body standardAlumina-reinforced, fully vitrified, BS 4034
  • Edge-chip, ASTM C3680.18 lb·ft minimum · 0.27 mean (standard porcelain ≈ 0.07–0.08)
  • Weight10.5" plate 550 g, about 40% lighter
  • Edge guaranteeDuraEdge® 5 years, in writing

LAZZARO figures are from our own test reports, available to trade customers on request.

Nº 02 — DuraEdge®

An engineered edge, not a thicker rim.

DuraEdge® is LAZZARO's edge-chip programme: a reinforced foot-to-rim profile on a fully vitrified body, tested at a Lucideon-approved laboratory and guaranteed in writing. We publish the numbers rather than imply them.

Nº 03 — Made by us

Our factories. Owned by us, through and through.

LAZZARO is not sourced; it is made. We own the factories, we formulate the body and the glaze, we fire the kilns and we run the laboratory. Only the best raw materials go in, every batch is tested against the most demanding methods in the industry, and nothing leaves without passing. The result is a product we can guarantee in writing, because every step of it is ours.

Raw materials
Selected bone ash, kaolin and china stone; alumina-reinforced porcelain bodies; lead- and cadmium-free glazes
Testing
BS 5416, BS 4034, ASTM C368-88 and a twelve-point hospitality schedule at a Lucideon-approved laboratory
Systems
ISO 9001:2015 quality management · SEDEX SMETA 4-pillar ethical audit
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Trusted by

On the table at the properties that set the standard.

TajJumeirahJW MarriottSheratonOberoiSt RegisHyattSofitelRenaissanceTribute PortfolioEmporio Armani Caffè

Client marks to be replaced with supplied logos.

The house

Three lines. One standard.

Professional for hospitality. Studio for the handmade. Casa for the home. Each is made differently, and each is designed to be recognised as LAZZARO.

Catalogues

Read the books, or take them with you.

Hospitality fine bone china, High Performance Porcelain and Casa, to read online or download. Price lists and specification sheets on request.

Start a programme

Send the outlet list. We'll come back with shapes, samples and a price.