Vintage Neuwirth Portugal Reticulated Fruit Bowl — Hand-Painted Green & White Porcelain

A fruit bowl that actually understood the assignment.

This vintage Neuwirth porcelain bowl was made in Portugal with a beautifully reticulated, or pierced, openwork design that allows air to circulate around fruit and vegetables while making the entire piece feel wonderfully light and decorative.

The bowl is finished in creamy white with a scalloped green rim, hand-painted floral decoration at the center, and green detailing tracing the open latticework.

At approximately 10 inches across and 4 inches high, it has enough scale to work beautifully as a kitchen or dining-table centerpiece without feeling oversized.

Fill it with lemons, pears, tomatoes, or whatever came home from the market — or leave it empty and let the pierced pattern do the work.

It is functional vintage pottery, but also one of those pieces that makes even a pile of fruit look considered.

Made in Portugal for Neuwirth.

DETAILS

Maker / Importer: Neuwirth
Origin: Portugal
Material: Porcelain
Technique: Hand painted / Reticulated openwork
Colors: Creamy white / Green / Multicolor floral detail
Form: Round fruit / vegetable bowl
Edge: Scalloped
Style: Portuguese / European Country / Mediterranean / Cottage
Use: Fruit bowl / Vegetable bowl / Centerpiece / Decorative bowl
Period: Vintage, exact date unknown
Quantity: 1

DIMENSIONS

Top diameter: 10"

Base diameter: 7"

Height: 4"

CONDITION

Excellent vintage condition.

The original source describes the bowl as being in excellent condition.

Expect minor handmade variation and age-appropriate surface characteristics consistent with vintage porcelain.

Please review photographs closely for condition.

DĒSSO NOTE

Fruit bowls are usually where design goes to die.

This one gets a pass.

The green scalloped edge, little painted flowers, and openwork sides are exactly enough detail to make a bowl of lemons look like you planned the whole kitchen around them.