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Colbo Ceramic Bowl Set

$75 Non-Member
$60 Member
Members save up to 20% & free shipping $35+
MoMA Exclusive Online Only

Colbo Ceramic Bowl Set

$75 Non-Member
$60 Member
Members save up to 20% & free shipping $35+

Color:  Multi

Size:  Small Set of 6

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MoMA Exclusive: Crafted in Argentina from colorfully glazed ceramic, these bowls were originally conceived in the early 1950s as part of a dinnerware set by Argentine woman architect and ceramist Colette Boccara. The bowls were redesigned in 2009 with an ovoid shape and colorful interiors. The ceramic is produced from natural red clay extracted from the Andes Mountain range and made to last. Colbo Bowls are produced with near-zero waste, with every scrap of material returned to processing. Use these delightfully colorful, food-safe bowls to serve hors d'oeuvres, snacks, salads, pasta, desserts…the possibilities are endless. The bowls can also be displayed on your coffee table, kitchen counter or in a china cabinet as eye-catching objects. Hand wash only. Each bowl in the large set of four measures 2.4h x 6.7"diam and 1.6h x 5"diam. in the small set of six.

  • Designer
    Colette Boccara
  • Size
    Small:1.6h x 5"diam.
    Large:2.4h x 6.7"diam.
  • Material
    Glazed Stoneware
  • Year of Design
    1950
  • Origin
    Argentina
Hand wash only.
  • If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return merchandise within 90 days for a refund in the form of original payment for contiguous U.S orders. Learn More.

$7.95 Flat standard shipping fee available. Learn More.

MoMA Exclusive: Crafted in Argentina from colorfully glazed ceramic, these bowls were originally conceived in the early 1950s as part of a dinnerware set by Argentine woman architect and ceramist Colette Boccara. The bowls were redesigned in 2009 with an ovoid shape and colorful interiors. The ceramic is produced from natural red clay extracted from the Andes Mountain range and made to last. Colbo Bowls are produced with near-zero waste, with every scrap of material returned to processing. Use these delightfully colorful, food-safe bowls to serve hors d'oeuvres, snacks, salads, pasta, desserts…the possibilities are endless. The bowls can also be displayed on your coffee table, kitchen counter or in a china cabinet as eye-catching objects. Hand wash only. Each bowl in the large set of four measures 2.4h x 6.7"diam and 1.6h x 5"diam. in the small set of six.

  • Designer
    Colette Boccara
  • Size
    Small:1.6h x 5"diam.
    Large:2.4h x 6.7"diam.
  • Material
    Glazed Stoneware
  • Year of Design
    1950
  • Origin
    Argentina
Hand wash only.
  • If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return merchandise within 90 days for a refund in the form of original payment for contiguous U.S orders. Learn More.

$7.95 Flat standard shipping fee available. Learn More.

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Why We Chose This
We chose these bowls as part of our ongoing recognition of women designers—in this case, Argentine architect and industrial ceramist Colette Boccara. Boccara was a pioneer of modernist Latin American design in the mid-20th century. Boccara's Colbo Dinnerware, along with her hand-painted tabletop pieces, are featured in the MoMA exhibition "Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980."
Born from the Andes
Born from the Andes

After the red clay is extracted from South America’s famous mountain range, the bowls are formed and slowly dried. After sanding them by hand, they’re baked, glazed and baked again.

Colbo Reimagined
Colbo Reimagined

The designs from the early 1950s were revisited by Boccara’s son, Matías, with vivid colors (originally they were produced in white enamel.) Adjustments were also made to their size and shape. The original pieces were produced by casting. Today they’re made with hydraulic presses.

Zero Waste
Zero Waste

“The material is very valuable to us, largely because we extract it ourselves,” says Matías’ collaborator Martín Endrizzi. “All excess clay produced by each stage of production is processed and reinserted back into the cycle.”

Colette Boccara
Colette Boccara

An architect, artist and industrial ceramist, Colette Boccara (1921–2006) was born in Paris and moved to Argentina at age ten. She was one of only six women to graduate from the architecture school of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. In 1957, she founded Colbo Ceramics in the Argentine city of Mendoza, where she created her unique glazed stoneware designs. In the 1970s, Colbo’s product line expanded to include tiles as well as customized silk-screen-printed items.

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