Famiware Mercury 16-Piece Stoneware Plates and Bowls

The first thing you notice is how it sounds when you set a plate down on a wooden table. A low, solid note that tells you the stoneware is dense and the matte glaze does not slide or reflect light the way glossy dishes do. This Mercury service for four holds enough pieces for a weeknight dinner or a Sunday lunch without pulling extras from the back of the cabinet.

The plates are wide enough for a main course and a side; the bowls sit low and open, good for pasta or for soup that you want to steam in front of you. You can put them through the dishwasher cycle and the microwave without worry. The glaze is matte across all eight color options, so the whole set keeps the same quiet surface from the first piece to the last.