Fine china should not live in a cupboard. Seventeen collections — from pure white relief to painterly decoration, graphic black and white, cobalt, botanical colour and gold — beautiful enough for a table planned for weeks and practical enough for the dinner decided at six.
Pick it up and the difference is immediate: remarkably light. Hold it to the light and it glows. Its edge can be made exceptionally fine while the body keeps the strength tableware demands. LAZZARO Casa is made at more than 45% bone ash, comfortably above the 30% threshold that defines bone china in the UK, which is why the body reads warm rather than blue-white.
The defining designs: distinctive enough to establish an entire table. Noir, Fiori Della Vita.
Graphic, cultured and expressive. Gatsby, Punto Noir.
Decoration as luxury: richer surfaces, intricate detail and generous gold. Marble, Chantilly, Linea Artistica.
Familiar design languages recomposed rather than reproduced. Jardin Bleu, Ares.
Colour and craft for everyday life. Lavender, Masterstroke, Aquarelle, Marrakesh.
Sculpted white fine bone china for daily use. Athena, Linea, Wave.
A distinct white proposition in classical relief. Regal.
Start with how you live: formal entertaining, one service that does almost everything, an all-white table, colour without formality, or a strong statement.
Each collection is treated as a design in its own right, with its own character, argument and customer.
Gilded stripe composition in black, ivory and gold. 22-carat gold rim; hand wash.
A service that coordinates without matching: every piece a different study of the flower-of-life geometry.
Art Deco geometry with gilded edge; the pattern changes proportion from charger to bowl.
The polka dot treated as fashion rather than novelty, with a fine gold rim. Begin with two cups and build.
Portoro veining that runs off the edge. White or black grounds, or mixed down the length of a table.
Lace rebuilt as precise gold decoration, open enough for the white body to show through. Couture rather than costume.
A close cobalt rhythm around the rim, edged in gold and interrupted by a delicate dentil line. The campaign collection.
Blue-and-white that begins from memory and declines to reproduce it unchanged.
The Greek key as a graphic problem, enlarged on the charger and reduced through the stack. Grey, teal and red with gold rim.
A loose garden study: blue blossoms and green foliage cropped from a larger botanical watercolour. Dishwasher safe.
Decoration reduced to a single loaded cobalt brushstroke. Hand-painted; no two pieces identical. Dishwasher safe.
Soft blue rings dissolving into white, like diluted pigment. Tonal variation between pieces is intentional.
Tilework geometry softened with a watercolour wash, concentrated into mugs and cups. Gift-boxed as standard.
The Greek key raised in the body between twin beaded rings. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
Vertical fluting on a broad rim with a beaded outer edge, continued through the cup. The most classical of the whites.
Fine concentric ribs gathering towards the rim. Open stock; the natural foundation collection.
An irregular ripple on a coupe shape; the most relaxed of the four whites.
Athena and Ares share the Greek key. Linea sits as a quiet foundation beneath almost any decorative plate. Sculpted whites rest the eye beside gilded pieces. On Noir, gold is a fine edge; on Gatsby it frames geometry; on Chantilly it becomes the pattern; on Marble it behaves like a mineral vein.
A cup, a pot and twenty quiet minutes are reason enough. Tea services extend a dinner collection or stand on their own; a six- or twelve-piece espresso set can be a better beginning than a full service. Good collections have a habit of growing.
Where specified, dishwasher and microwave safe. Follow the individual collection instructions.
Hand washing recommended. Mild detergent, soft sponge; no abrasives. Never place gold or metallic decoration in a microwave.
Variation is part of the character. In Masterstroke, differences in brushwork are evidence of the process, not defects.
Avoid dragging decorated pieces across one another when stacking or unstacking.