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Fajans Fish Mini Dish
JPY 1,375 (incl. tax)
This versatile fish-shaped dish works for olive oil or soy sauce, as well as small servings of nuts or chocolate.
The tail and body can be used as separate sections for serving.
The abstract fish shape is accented by hand-painted color on the fins and tail.
The designer's signature is carefully engraved on the underside.
Dimensions — W117 × D85 × H19 mm
Material Ceramic
Made in Japan
Use and care
Microwave safe.
Dishwasher safe.
Do not use in the oven.
The decoration is painted by hand, one brushstroke at a time, so each piece varies.
This collection has a fine crackle pattern in the surface glaze, known as crazing. Dark-coloured drinks and foods may stain these fine lines.
Seal the surface before first use.
Seasoning seals the open pores of the clay and helps keep stains from entering the glaze’s fine crazing. Repeating the process periodically helps seal these fine cracks so you can enjoy the piece for longer.
Put rice-rinsing water in a saucepan, stir well and bring it to the boil. Turn off the heat and place the piece in the water. Let the saucepan cool slowly for about an hour. Once completely cool, rinse away the starchy film with water and dry thoroughly.
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Small dishes swimming across the table
The Fajans Fish Mini Dish combines a charming appearance with practical versatility, bringing a smile to the table.
POTPURRI's first mini dish
Use it for nuts and baked treats at tea time, or for sauces, condiments and baguette at dinner. Its stable shape has a practical depth, and the tail forms a separate small recess. Try soy sauce in the body and wasabi in the tail alongside sashimi.
Fajans is known for its beautiful hand-painted decoration. Even on these small pieces, individual brushstrokes and glaze colors give each fish its own character.
Each tail fin is painted by hand. Variations in the brushwork are part of its character.
A young designer inspired by Stig Lindberg
POTPURRI’s Fajans began when designer Hiroyuki Okami encountered the faience work of Stig Lindberg.
The word faience may be unfamiliar to many people in Japan.
Fajans is a European ceramic tradition of white, tin-glazed earthenware made with pale-yellow clay. It is also known as faience.
During the twentieth century, when Stig Lindberg was active, faience was declining as inexpensive, mass-produced ceramics grew popular. Lindberg gave the understated, unfashionable ware a new life with vivid colours and bold forms. The work continues to attract devoted admirers today.
Since then, the word Fajans has often brought Lindberg’s vividly coloured faience to mind.
Okami first encountered Lindberg’s Fajans as a student. Struck by its freedom and bold design, he travelled to Sweden to explore his own approach to faience. After returning to Japan, he continued his research while working for a ceramics manufacturer. In 2012, he founded POTPURRI and finally introduced his own Fajans.
POTPURRI’s Fajans carries forward Lindberg’s spirit of renewal. It preserves the freedom of the designs while adding the strength and practicality needed for modern life.
Okami’s years of research into clays, pigments, firing temperatures and a new transfer technique led to a new Fajans that withstands metal cutlery and dishwashers and fits into everyday life.
POTPURRI continues to research faience. The collection will keep taking new forms as the makers seek the best tableware for each era.
POTPURRI’s approach to contemporary Fajans
The traditional faience process, used for over 100 years, produces fragile pieces. Hand-painted decoration can also make them costly and less consistent in quality.
POTPURRI has developed its Fajans collection with various improvements to address these issues and suit modern life. Microwave and dishwasher safe
For POTPURRI's Fajans, we researched clay and glazes that can withstand high-temperature firing, making the pieces suitable for microwaves and dishwashers. • Resistant to marks from cutlery
With traditional overglaze decoration, years of metal-cutlery use can wear away the pattern. For POTPURRI's Fajans, we developed a method that places the pigment beneath the glaze to protect the decoration. • An accessible price
POTPURRI's Fajans uses a transfer technique in which printed decals are applied to the ceramic and fired. This reduces manual work while maintaining consistent quality and accessible prices. Particular care goes into the print quality to preserve the hand-drawn character of the original artwork. Development continues, including seasonal hand-painted Fajans pieces each year.
POTPURRI’s evolving Fajans
From the outset, Fajans was conceived as an ongoing creative project. POTPURRI usually completes its research when a collection is released. Research into Fajans continues.
Lindberg's hand-painted faience has a different expression on every piece, even within the same pattern. POTPURRI's Fajans combines this individual character with a production system that makes the pieces more affordable. We continue to refine that approach.
Limited-edition, hand-painted Fajans pieces are one part of this ongoing work.
Each design reflects the feeling of the moment and is a one-off, making your encounter with that piece unique.
Fajans
The Fajans collection is inspired by faience, a ceramic tradition that originated in Europe.
Faience has fascinated many designers in Sweden, who have made their own pieces.
The name refers to ceramic ware with a tin glaze over a delicate, pale-yellow clay body.
Traditionally fired at around 1100°C, it is relatively fragile and less suited to everyday use.
POTPURRI developed its Fajans collection through ten years of research into clay and glazes, using a high firing temperature of 1250°C
to improve durability while retaining the soft, warm texture of traditional faience.
The material is suitable for microwave and dishwasher use.
Explore the Fajans collection