Portmeirion Sophie Conran  Biscuit Covered Sugar
This simple, beautiful, and functional sugar bowl is part of an entire tableware and bakeware collection designed by Sophie Conran, an English food writer with her own gourmet pie company. Conran infuses her namesake tableware with a flowing organic nature and tactile expression, as evidenced by the ridges and dipped rims that recall handcrafted pottery. Made of porcelain expressly for Portmeirion, the collection comes in glossy white with select pieces available in cool blue celadon and a creamy biscuit color.The Sophie Conran sugar bowl is formed in a compellingly rotund shape that harmonizes with the collection's cream jug and teapot. A lip at the rim holds in place the domed lid, which features an unusual knob and a cutout hole for a spoon. The durable, chip-resistant porcelain bowl and lid clean up without fuss in the dishwasher, and also may be used to warm food in a microwave or oven, for example, to liquefy crystallized honey. Combined with the creamer, the set makes a great gift for those who appreciate a rustic yet modern look on the table.--Ann Bieri