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Avlia handmade ceramic frog soap dish in mottled green glaze, legs spread flat to the sides with separately formed toes and the back hollowed into a bowl
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  • Avlia handmade ceramic frog soap dish in mottled green glaze, legs spread flat to the sides with separately formed toes and the back hollowed into a bowl
  • Front view of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, the two raised eyes and hand-painted pupils above the cream belly and incised mouth line
  • Avlia handmade ceramic frog soap dish from above, the cream glazed bowl clearly smaller than the 17 cm span across the outstretched legs
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish holding a bar of traditional Aleppo soap, the dark stamped bar filling most of the shallow cream bowl
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish on a marble washbasin surround with a bar of Aleppo soap in its hollowed back, legs spread flat on the stone
  • Side profile of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, only about 5 cm tall, showing how low the piece sits on a flat surface
  • A bar of Aleppo soap in the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, showing the working scale of the piece — one ordinary bar across a 17 cm footprint
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish from above with a bar of Aleppo soap in the bowl, showing the wide leg span against the much smaller bowl
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish seen from the front left, showing how the shallow bowl sits behind the eyes and between the outstretched legs
  • Close view of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish with Aleppo soap in the bowl, the raised eyes and mottled green glaze filling the frame
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish on a wooden bathroom shelf with a rolled peshtemal towel and copper bowl, Aleppo soap resting in the bowl
  • Macro view of the raised eye on the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, showing the hand-painted pupil and the mottled green glaze around it
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish arranged with a bar of Aleppo soap on kraft paper and jute twine, presented as a gift ready to be wrapped
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish used as a small jewellery tray, holding a fine gold chain and two rings on a bedside table in warm lamplight
  • Avlia ceramic duck and frog soap dishes together on pale limestone with a bar of Aleppo soap, showing the taller duck beside the wider frog
  • Avlia handmade ceramic frog soap dish in mottled green glaze, legs spread flat to the sides with separately formed toes and the back hollowed into a bowl
  • Front view of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, the two raised eyes and hand-painted pupils above the cream belly and incised mouth line
  • Avlia handmade ceramic frog soap dish from above, the cream glazed bowl clearly smaller than the 17 cm span across the outstretched legs
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish holding a bar of traditional Aleppo soap, the dark stamped bar filling most of the shallow cream bowl
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish on a marble washbasin surround with a bar of Aleppo soap in its hollowed back, legs spread flat on the stone
  • Side profile of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, only about 5 cm tall, showing how low the piece sits on a flat surface
  • A bar of Aleppo soap in the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, showing the working scale of the piece — one ordinary bar across a 17 cm footprint
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish from above with a bar of Aleppo soap in the bowl, showing the wide leg span against the much smaller bowl
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish seen from the front left, showing how the shallow bowl sits behind the eyes and between the outstretched legs
  • Close view of the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish with Aleppo soap in the bowl, the raised eyes and mottled green glaze filling the frame
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish on a wooden bathroom shelf with a rolled peshtemal towel and copper bowl, Aleppo soap resting in the bowl
  • Macro view of the raised eye on the Avlia ceramic frog soap dish, showing the hand-painted pupil and the mottled green glaze around it
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish arranged with a bar of Aleppo soap on kraft paper and jute twine, presented as a gift ready to be wrapped
  • Avlia ceramic frog soap dish used as a small jewellery tray, holding a fine gold chain and two rings on a bedside table in warm lamplight
  • Avlia ceramic duck and frog soap dishes together on pale limestone with a bar of Aleppo soap, showing the taller duck beside the wider frog
Handmade Ceramic Soap Dish – Frog, Red Earthenware

Handmade Ceramic Soap Dish – Frog, Red Earthenware

$69.99
Description

This 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.

ABOUT THE SIZE

It 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.

It 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.

HAND-BUILT, NOT MOULDED

Every 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.

The 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.

HOW TO USE IT

There 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.

Wipe 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.

A NOTE ON THE LEGS

The 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

Dimensions: approx. 17 x 17 cm across the outstretched legs, 5 cm tall
Weight: approx. 527 g
Material: red earthenware, hand-built and glazed
Bowl: hollowed back, no drainage hole, smaller than the overall footprint
Glaze: mottled green-mustard body, cream belly and bowl interior
Use: soap dish; also suitable for small jewellery and keys
Not suitable for food use
Made in Türkiye
Ingredients / Material
Beauty Concerns

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