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Tourron Écorce dinner plate

Hand-thrown, hand-glazed stoneware dinner plate made in Anneyron, Drôme.

Our take

Handmade stoneware means real piece-to-piece variation in glaze and colour — that is the process rather than a fault, but if you want a matched set of eight, order them together, because colour shifts between kiln batches. It also isn't thermal-shock resistant above 100°C, so it won't go freezer to hot oven the way industrial ceramic will.

€€€15–50

Evidence score

2/4

Partly evidenced

How much of this product's ethics we can actually prove — not how ethical it is. Each point is a yes-or-no check you can verify.

  • This product is certifiedNot metIt holds at least one certification issued by an independent body — not by its maker.
  • Covers more than one dimensionNot metIts certifications span at least two of nature, people and animals — not strong on one axis while silent on the rest.
  • Composition publishedWe hold the full ingredient or materials list, per component where it matters, read from the maker's own listing.
  • Composition mostly checkedAt least half of what it's made of has been matched against our sourced reference table.

Evidence at a glance

Three dimensions, weighted equally

0 of 3 independently certified

Certified means a third-party label backs it, with a source you can check. Stated means someone says so without one. Not found means we found nothing — not that the product fails.

  • NatureStated onlyeditorial assessment — no certification found
  • PeopleStated onlyeditorial assessment — no certification found
  • AnimalsNot foundNothing on record

What's inside

1 component listed · 100% checked against our reference

Broken down per part, because a claim that holds for the body of a product often doesn't hold for its lid or seal. Flags cite EU law, not our opinion.

Body

  • STONEWAREhand-thrown and hand-glazed, high-temperature firedStructural material, food contact

    Clay fired until vitrified, then glazed. Marginally more thermally fragile than porcelain and, when hand-thrown, genuinely variable between kiln batches — the variation is the process, not a defect.

    Glazed stoneware at source ↗

Open any assessed entry to read what it does and why, with the source it came from. “Not assessed” means it isn't in our reference table yet — not that it's been cleared. We only mark what we can source. This list was read from Jars Céramistes, not reconstructed.

Other claims

Stated by the maker rather than certified by a third party — each one linked to where it's stated, so you can weigh it yourself.

  • Made in France

    Hand-crafted at Anneyron in the Drôme, where the pottery has worked since 1857. The maker holds the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant state label, which recognises craft know-how rather than environmental or social performance.

    Where this is stated ↗

Why it qualifies

The verifiable part — every certification this product holds, and what each one actually guarantees.

No formal certifications recorded — included on editorial grounds only. Treat with more caution than a labelled product.

About Jars Céramistes

Drôme pottery hand-throwing and hand-glazing stoneware since 1857, accepting batch variation as a consequence of the process.

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