{"product_id":"handmade-ceramic-soap-dish-frog-red-earthenware","title":"Handmade Ceramic Soap Dish – Frog, Red Earthenware","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis one lies flat with all four legs spread out to the sides, two round eyes raised on top of its head, and its back hollowed into a shallow bowl for a bar of soap. It is a frog, hand-built from red earthenware by ceramic artisans in Türkiye, and it has more personality than a soap dish strictly needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt measures roughly 17 x 17 cm — but that is across the outstretched legs, corner to corner, and it is worth being clear about what it means. The bowl itself is considerably smaller than that footprint. The frog takes up a fair stretch of a basin surround while holding one ordinary bar of soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt stands about 5 cm tall, so it sits low and looks settled rather than perched, and it weighs around 527 g. Each foot has its toes formed separately, which is the detail people notice first and the part that takes the longest to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHAND-BUILT, NOT MOULDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is shaped by hand rather than cast from a mould or thrown on a wheel, so no two are identical. The outline is softly irregular, the legs sit at slightly different angles from one frog to the next, and the eyes are painted by hand — which is why they have any expression at all, and why one frog looks faintly startled and the next merely patient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is glazed in a mottled green-mustard that pools darker where the surface dips and thins over the raised curves of the back and eyes. The belly and the inside of the bowl are cream, and on some pieces a faint pink shows through beneath the legs where the glaze runs thin over the red clay. Speckling, small pinholes and tonal drift across a single piece are normal for glaze fired over red earthenware, and they are what keeps it from looking machine-made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW TO USE IT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no drainage hole. The bowl is closed, so it will collect the water that runs off a wet bar. Tip that water out every day or two and let the dish dry properly, and a bar will last as long as it should. Left standing in water, any soap softens and wastes away — true of every dish without drainage, and better known before you buy than after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWipe clean with a cloth and warm water; not for the dishwasher. The glaze is not suitable for food, so keep it to soap — or to rings and earrings on a bedside table, which is where a good few of these end up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NOTE ON THE LEGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe toes are the thinnest part of the piece and the most vulnerable to a knock. Set it down on a flat surface rather than an edge, and it will be fine for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: approx. 17 x 17 cm across the outstretched legs, 5 cm tall\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: approx. 527 g\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: red earthenware, hand-built and glazed\u003cbr\u003e\nBowl: hollowed back, no drainage hole, smaller than the overall footprint\u003cbr\u003e\nGlaze: mottled green-mustard body, cream belly and bowl interior\u003cbr\u003e\nUse: soap dish; also suitable for small jewellery and keys\u003cbr\u003e\nNot suitable for food use\u003cbr\u003e\nMade in Türkiye\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avlia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50280630452481,"sku":"TNS404","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/0351\/3601\/files\/Avlia_handmade_ceramic_frog_soap_dish_in_mottled_green_glaze_legs_spread_flat_with_separately_formed_toes_the_hollowed_back_forming_a_bowl.jpg?v=1788598031","url":"https:\/\/avliahome.com\/products\/handmade-ceramic-soap-dish-frog-red-earthenware","provider":"Avlia Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}