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- Made in Portugal – This serving dish is handmade with hand painted finishing in Alcobaça by a family of master artisans and according to traditional techniques
- Functionality – Perfect size for serving side dishes, appetizers,and even as artful display or centerpiece. Can also be used as a wall hanging decoration.
- Painting – Presents a vibrant and colorful floral decoration celebrating the “Lenços dos Namorados” (Sweetheart Handkerchiefs) with several related love patterns like hearts, flowers, or 4 leaf clovers that will add a touch of tradition and vintage style to your home décor, table or kitchen
- Unique Décor – With lively colors and exquisite patterns it will look great adorning your kitchen counter as a fruit platter or as a decorative object in your living room coffee table
- Great Gift – With a nice craftsmanship and charming design, they serve as both: decorative ceramics as well as a functional kitchen accessory making these a great housewarming gift for any home
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Enjoy your food from an exquisite serving platter, inspired by the Portuguese culture. Our serving trays are crafted by a talented family of artisans in Alcobaça, a town known for making ceramic for hundreds of years. Add some Portuguese flair to your kitchen with this floral serving dish inspired by the traditional Viana embroidery, which pays tribute to the young couples that secretly embroidered a handkerchief with messages of love during an era when modesty was enforced strictly. Perfect size for serving side dishes, appetizers and even as artful display or centerpiece. Can also be used as a wall hanging decoration.Inspired by the traditional Viana embroidery, which pays tribute to the young couples that secretly embroidered a handkerchief with messages of love during an era when modesty was enforced strictly, and couples couldn’t show any display of affection until marriage. “Lenços dos Namorados” (Sweetheart Handkerchiefs) are handkerchiefs made of linen or cotton and embroidered with several related love patterns. This piece of handcraft is part of the typical clothing from Minho province (in Northern Portugal) and used by women of marrying age. The heart is one of the most popular motifs along with the 3 or 4 leaf clover, which appears in heart shapes, usually depicted in red, blue or white. Flowers, camelias, carnations and stars complement the exquisitely beautiful embroidery
