Famiware Ocean Ceramic Soy Sauce Dish, Gray

It lands on the table with a solid, low note — stoneware meeting wood. The dish is small, meant for a few tablespoons of soy or vinegar. Six come in the box, enough for a table of six. For its size, it sits heavy in the hand.

The gray glaze shifts across the surface, lighter at the rim where the clay shows through. The pack says the dish is microwave and dishwasher safe, which means you do not need to handle it differently than the rest of the set. It will chip at the rim eventually — stoneware does that — but that does not stop it from working.