Olaria Xico Tarefa

Verso Plate

Name: Verso Plate
Brand: Ra-Ro
SKU: 04PT11OXT0004
Price: 62.20 EUR
Availability: InStock

62,20 €

Made to order · dispatched within 48h

Small‑batch craft production. The time counts from your order.

Ra-Ro IndexRareWhat is the Ra-Ro Index?

They say we are a people of poets and that everyone knows how to make a verse. On this clay plate, painted by hand, it is the words that give voice to popular wisdom. In his pottery, Xico Tarefa shapes the piece, which is then painted with colour and poetry, in a tradition where pottery also tells stories.

Read the story of the piece

Buy now

Shipping to Europe, the US, Canada and Brazil
Free returns within 30 days
Secure, encrypted payment

Dimensions

Comprimento > 3 cm
Diâmetro > 38 cm

Care

Clay piece thrown on the wheel and hand painted. Clean with a soft cloth, dry or slightly damp, without abrasive detergents. Avoid the dishwasher, sudden changes in temperature and knocks.

Shipping and returns

Shipping time: Within 48 hours

We ship to Portugal, the rest of Europe, the US, Canada and Brazil. You have 30 days to return the piece free of charge. Payment is secure and encrypted.

A plate with a lot to say

Verso Plate

Birds and words hand painted on an Alentejo clay plate.

Story of the piece

Verso Plate

When life sounds better in verse

In traditional Alentejo pottery, plates are more than everyday objects or pieces to hang on a wall. They are also a place of expression, where painting and words keep memories, feelings and popular sayings.

The birds and the verse hand painted on this plate recall that old link between craft know-how and Alentejo folk poetry. A tradition in which beauty lies not only in the drawing or the shape, but also in the words chosen to go with the piece.

Xico shapes the clay on the wheel; Zeza adds the painted motifs and the written words. Together they keep alive a very Alentejo way of bringing art, daily life and words together in a plate that has as much to show as to say.

See the piece

See every detail.

Overview

The plate

A hand painted plate with verses.

1
The umbrellaYellow, in the centre.
2
The birdsSheltering beneath it.
3
The versesWritten by hand.

Up close

The painting

Flowers, birds and letters made with a brush.

1
The versesA popular quatrain.
2
BirdPainted by hand.
3
Flowers on the rimYellow and blue.

Conheça o produtor

DA RODA AO PINCEL

Aos 13 anos começou a trabalhar o barro. Aos 16 já era mestre oleiro. Hoje, no Redondo, Xico Tarefa dá forma às peças na roda enquanto Zeza, sua colaboradora, e às vezes Teresa, sua mulher, o ajudam a pintar a expressão final.

conhecer a história

From the same maker