Created by tableware designer and gourmet cook Debbie Segura in 2001, Sorrento is perhaps Signature Houseware's most popular dinnerware pattern. Sorrento stoneware suits almost any kitchen d?r with its rustic, Italian countryside feel, showing a raised dot and olive leaf patterning on most of the solid-colored, thickly-glazed pieces. Square plates are also available, and bakeware and glassware complete the extensive collection, now available in more than half a dozen colors ranging from neutral suede to bright ruby red.
This rectangular 8-by-4-1/4-inch butter dish with its crisp lines makes the perfect complement to the Sorrento rectangular platter, especially when the platter holds a long, sliced loaf of rustic Italian bread. The lid for the butter dish is embossed with a square medallion holding Sorrento's signature olive leaf design. An attractive as well as functional gift for someone who is building a Sorrento collection, the lead-free, chip-resistant stoneware butter dish may go in the microwave or low-temperature oven if a stick of butter needs softening, and cleans up without fuss in the dishwasher. --Ann Bieri
