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Hand-painted Moroccan plate set from Safi — one 23cm square plate and two round plates in teal, rust, and amber

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Handcrafted in Safi, Morocco

Hand-Painted Safi Ceramic Plate Set, Square & Round

Name: Hand-Painted Safi Ceramic Plate Set, Square & Round
Brand: Kilimy
Price: 225.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Three hand-painted Safi plates: one 23cm square, two rounds at 21cm and 17cm.

$225.00

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A square plate is harder to make than a round one. The wheel gives you a circle turning that into a square with softened corners means working the clay off-wheel by hand while it's still soft enough to move and firm enough to hold. Then the painter has to run a radiating pattern across a shape that has no consistent radius, so the petals stretch toward the corners and compress along the sides. He does it freehand. The two round plates that come with it, 21cm and 17cm, carry the same design language in teal, rust, and amber over white. This is Safi on Morocco's Atlantic coast, where the ceramic tradition has been worked for six centuries.

Handcrafted in Safi, Morocco

What Makes It

Three shapes, one pattern family a 23cm square and two rounds at 21cm and 17cm. They read as a set without being a matched trio, which is the point: the shapes do different jobs at the table and different jobs on a wall.
The square is the hard one shaped off the wheel by hand after throwing. Look at the corners and they're not identical to each other. A pressed plate would have four the same.
Painted freehand, no stencil count the petals radiating from the centre of each plate and the spacing drifts. The rust dashes and dotted fills land slightly differently every time. That's a brush, not a transfer.
Built to hang as well as serve three sizes in two shapes make a wall arrangement that doesn't look like a grid. The pattern is graphic enough to read from across a room.
Colour under the glaze the teal, rust, and amber are fired beneath the glaze layer, so nothing scratches off where cutlery lands or fades with washing.
Food safe throughout glazed and safe for direct contact. Salad, mezze, bread, pastry, or a full plated course.

The Craft

Safi's potters dig their clay from the surrounding region and fire in kilns that have been in the same families for generations. Painting is the discipline that takes longest to learn a painter spends years on borders before he is trusted with a centre motif, because the brush cannot be corrected once it touches the unfired glaze. There is no erasing. On the square plate the difficulty compounds: the pattern has to look balanced on a shape where the distance from centre to edge changes constantly. Every stroke across these three pieces was placed correctly the first time.

Materials and Craft

Details

Material	Safi ceramic, hand-painted under glaze
Set	3 pieces — 1 square, 2 round
Square plate	23cm
Medium plate	21cm diameter
Small plate	17cm diameter
Colour	Choose at checkout
Technique	Wheel-thrown, hand-shaped, freehand painted
Origin	Safi, Morocco
Food safe	Yes

Care

Hand wash with warm water and mild soap. Avoid abrasive scourers on the painted surface. Not recommended for dishwasher or microwave. Safe for serving and eating.

What's Included

One 23cm square plate, one 21cm plate, and one 17cm plate, each wrapped individually and packed in a protective outer box. One Origin Passport card with a QR code scan it to see the workshop in Safi, the artisan who painted the set, the technique.

Questions

Where do you ship, and how long does it take?

Worldwide from Morocco via DHL Express with full tracking, and shipping is free. Ready-to-ship orders are dispatched within 3 business days and arrive in 7 to 12 business days. Made-to-order pieces add their crafting time, shown on the product page.

Who pays customs and duties?

Duties and taxes are included on orders shipped to the United States, with nothing to pay on delivery. For all other destinations, import duties and taxes are not included and are collected on delivery.

Can I cancel or return an order?

Cancel within 24 hours of ordering, before fulfillment. Returns are free within 14 days: email us and we handle the pickup and the full refund. Made-to-order pieces are non-returnable unless they arrive damaged or not as described.

Is it really handmade?

Yes. Every piece is made by hand and carries an Origin Passport recording its city and craft. The maker is named when they have agreed to it.

How are the makers paid?

Kilimy is an artisan-owned model. The maker keeps the majority of each sale; our share covers processing, handling, and shipping.

Shipping and Returns

Ready to ship

In stock and dispatched from Morocco within 3 business days.

Free DHL Express delivery with live tracking, door to door. Orders placed today arrive Oct 28 to Nov 4.

Duties and taxes

Duties and taxes are included (DDP). Nothing to pay on delivery.

Returns

14-day free returns. We handle the pickup.

Purchase protection

If your piece arrives broken or not as described, tell us within 48 hours of delivery and we send a replacement or a full refund. Nothing to send back.

Payment is processed securely through Stripe and your card details are never stored. Every parcel is wrapped specifically for international transit.

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