Famiware Mars Plates and Bowls Set for 4, 4-piece

A photograph will not tell you how heavy these are. Four 14-ounce bowls of fired stoneware. The weight is the first thing you notice when you lift one. They sit low and steady on the table and hold a proper serving of soup or pasta. The pack says dishwasher and microwave safe, so they move from microwave to table to sink without fuss.

What you give up is carelessness at the rim. Stoneware is hard, and hard things chip when they meet a harder edge. The chip shows pale clay against the glaze, and there is no fixing it. Stack the bowls two high if you must, because the foot of the upper bowl will mark the bowl beneath it. That is the trade you make for a bowl this dense.