Jaipur Blue Pottery - Hand Painted - Soap Dish

Bring handcrafted charm to your bathroom with this beautiful handmade blue pottery soap dish, thoughtfully designed to combine functionality with traditional artistry. Made using traditional ceramic pottery techniques, this soap holder features a classic pattern in soothing tones that complements both modern and rustic interiors.

The slightly raised design helps keep soap dry between uses, making it a practical and decorative addition to your sink, vanity, or shower space.

Each piece is individually handcrafted, giving every soap dish its own unique character and subtle variations that reflect authentic artisan craftsmanship.

The name blue pottery comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to colour the pottery. Although many other colours are used, blue remains the prominent colour.

Jaipur blue pottery is glazed and fired over low temperatures. No clay is used and the “dough” for the pottery is prepared by mixing quartz stone powder, powdered glass, “Multani Mitti” or Fuller’s Earth, borax, edible gum and water. Unlike other pottery making techniques, all the ingredients used in blue pottery require the same temperature and need to be fired only once.

Even though the art of handmade blue pottery is widely recognised as a traditional craft of the city of Jaipur in the north-west of India, its origins are Turko-Persian. In its infancy in the 14th century, it was mainly used to manufacture tiles for decorating palaces, tombs and mosques in central Asia. This technique then made its way to India via the Mughals and ultimately to Jaipur in the early 19th century under the ruler Sawai Ram Singh II. Needless to say, Jaipur embraced this pottery art and made it truly its own.

The process of making handmade blue pottery is a long and time consuming one. Each item is shaped in moulds and decorated by hand with oxide colours and then dipped in clear glaze. Once the items of blue pottery are made they cannot be reworked and are set in the kiln. Once firing is complete, the kiln is left to cool for three days!