Brazil

Designer	Not known
Maker	Not known
Marks	Impressed “Made in Brazil” to base.
Material	Glazed slipware
Description	Clear gloss glazed white slipware ramekin with lid.  Large knob handle with pressure release hole in underside.
Condition	Very good, chip to interior rim of one ramekin
Number	No number
Production Date	1980s
Width at rim	110mm   Lid   95mm
Width at Base	107                    77mm
Depth	67mm               45mm
Length (with handle)	173mm
Weight
Volume
Acquisition	Purchase Wentworth, New South Wales. October 2012
Rameking Reference Number	MMU9 001-002

These ramekins, (or more properly, soup bowls) are slipware and made in Brazil.  I think that they were made to look like a product of the “Porcelana Schmidt” factories.  Schmidt makes porcelain.  It has that distinctive ring when tapped.  These don’t.   Chances are, it comes from Campo Largo in Panana, Brazil, known for its output of ceramics, particularly porcelain.  Some of the well known companies other than Schmidt are Incepa who produce bathroom tiles, Germer, who made a lot of that colourful 70s vases, and Lorenzetti who produce porcelain insulators for the electrical industry, lots of bathroom products, as well as electrical products.

All these companies produce porcelain of greater refinement and quality than these ramekins.  There are another dozen or so smaller makers in Campo Largo who also produce enameled porcelain.