La Mère Plate with Handle - Set of Two

The La Mère Plate with Handle Set is one of those pieces that reveals itself slowly. At first glance it reads as a simple side plate, organically formed and finished in Venetian Red. Then you notice the handle, a small gesture that changes everything. It makes the plate something to be carried to the table, passed between hands, held while eating. It turns a ceramic object into something almost conversational. Designed by Marie Michielssen for Serax, the La Mère Collection is a tribute to the women who shape our lives and the rituals of gathering they make possible. The imperfections in the formed stoneware, the variation in the glaze from piece to piece, the organic irregularity of the silhouette — these are not incidental. They are the signature of something genuinely handcrafted, and the reason each plate feels like its own object rather than one of a production run.