Sweese 1311 Porcelain Salad/Pasta Bowls - 22 Ounce - Set of 6, Cold Assorted Colors

As soon as I opened the box I asked myself why I took so long to buy these! They are great, bright colors and excellent finish, nice weight and the size is perfect for a nice salad or pasta entree. Do your self a favor, buy them.

Salads, soups, main dishes, desserts...these bowls are perfect for them all. These come in a great palette of "seaside" colours and are a joy to eat from.

Most bowls in this style are an inch or two larger in diameter. These dishes are the perfect size to help with portion control.

BEAUTIFUL COLOURFUL BOWLS I love these bowls, really, I love them, I use them almost everyday. I have wanted a set of pasta bowls for years. These are such cool colours, and are fantastic for all sorts of food, not just pasta. They don't overheat too much in the microwave, I could take my supper out with my hands, but to be safe, use hot mitts. This type of dinnerware have small imperfections that make them unique from one another. They are well worth the money to have such pretty bowls to enjoy your food in. As long as they don't increase the price.

As you can see from these photos, we bought a lot of Sweese. We have plenty for the next 20 years. We have double the amount seen in these photos as the other half is stored in our basement for the future. We have given away all the enormous quantities we had of Franciscan ware, Vernon ware, and Fiesta. We still have a bit of Homer Laughlin restaurant ware, though. The big plus with pasta bowls is the food does not fall so easily off the “plate” and works especially well with serving many guests standing or sitting without a table. I have bought several sets of both pasta bowls 22 ounce and 30 ounce in white, beige and blues. Nowadays I like the beige best. Also I have bought many sets of cups, a variety of styles and colors from 6 ounce cup& saucer cappuccino sets to 20 ounce tea mugs. The pasta bowls I have matched with older clear glass lids from Pyrex/Anchor Hocking to use in microwave cooking. I use white in microwave cooking avoiding eventual damage to the colorful glazes. I have rid my kitchen of mid-century dishes in favor of safer contemporary choices such as Sweese and Sweejar, although we still use Hall china teapots (no micro, no dishwasher on those). I am impressed that some of my favorite restaurants are using Sweese as restaurant ware. I find it holds up. Over the past 4 years of collecting Sweese I have dropped a few mugs on a laminate floor with no chips no breakage ever occurring. In summary, Sweese produces a quality dinnerware that is both long-living durable, attractive and fun to use!