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Luxury handicrafts · 09

Jaipur
Blue Pottery

A quartz body rather than clay, fired low and glazed cobalt — visually unmistakable, structurally fragile, and the category where packing decides whether you have a business.

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An artisan hand-painting blue floral patterns onto a glazed white ceramic piece
What we buy

What we buy in this line

  • TablewarePlates, bowls, platters and serveware in the traditional palette.
  • Vases and plantersTurned and moulded forms, hand-painted and glazed.
  • Tiles and panelsWall and splash tiles, plain and patterned, to a supplied layout.
  • Knobs and fittingsDoor and cabinet hardware for interiors programmes.
  • Decorative objectsBoxes, coasters, soap dishes and desk pieces.
  • Custom palettesBeyond cobalt and turquoise, where the glaze chemistry allows it.
Acceptance criteria

What we fix before the first firing

Hand-made goods are bought against an approved sample, not a drawing. That only works if what the sample is being judged on is written down before anyone starts.

Body compositionQuartz-body formulation, which is what makes this pottery what it is.
FiringFiring temperature and cycle, and the resulting body strength.
GlazeGlaze chemistry, crazing behaviour and whether the piece is food-safe.
Lead and cadmium releaseTested to the FDA limit for anything that will hold food.
Dimensional toleranceGenerous and stated, because a low-fired quartz body warps.
Painting registerPattern placement and the permitted variation across a run.
PackingIndividually cushioned, drop-tested, and specified before a container is booked.

Every criterion above appears in the inspection report as a pass or a fail, with the measurement beside it. Where a criterion is a judgement rather than a number, the judgement is recorded against a retained physical sample.

Risk & compliance

What we screen before a sample is quoted

Lead release

Low-fired coloured glazes are a classic lead route into tableware. For any food-contact piece this is tested to the FDA limit, not asserted by the supplier.

Breakage in transit

This body is brittle and the losses are in the carton, not the kiln. Packing is engineered and drop-tested; a low breakage rate is designed, not hoped for.

Crazing and water absorption

Fine glaze cracking that makes a piece unusable for food. Tested on the sample, and again on the first production lot.

Kiln consistency

Small kilns fire unevenly, so shade varies lot to lot. The acceptable range is agreed in writing before bulk.

Where this is made

Clusters we work for this line

JaipurSanganerKot JewarNeotaDelhi NCR

Blue pottery is a small Jaipur speciality with limited kiln capacity. Programmes have to be planned around firing schedules rather than assumed against them.

Related lines

The other hand-made skills

Pashmina & Fine ShawlsHand-made Banarasi & Silk BrocadeHand-made Patola, Muga & HandloomHand-made Kalamkari & Hand-Printed TextilesHand-made Chikankari & ZardoziHand-made Bidriware & DhokraHand-made Temple Bronze & BrasswareHand-made Meenakari, Thewa & KundanHand-made Pichwai, Tanjore & MiniatureHand-made Papier-Mâché, Lacquer & WoodHand-made Kashmiri Carpets & RugsHand-made

Send us the sample. We will tell you honestly.

Whether we can source it well in India, what it should cost, and what could go wrong — before you commit to anything.

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