Handmade Sifnos Ceramic Bowl / 'Tsikali' Pottery

Living Cycladic craft bought straight off the potter's wheel — a third of what island-style ceramics cost in US design stores.

Price: 28 EUR (Mid-size hand-thrown glazed bowls €15-40 direct from Sifnos studios — best knowledge)

Where to buy: Sifnos studios (Atsonios in Vathi, workshops in Apollonia/Artemonas); in Athens: ceramics shops in Psyrri and Melissinos-adjacent Plaka lanes

Price checked 2026-07-03

• Sifnos has been the Cyclades' pottery island since antiquity — its clay cookware ('tsikali') even names the local chickpea stew
• Watch potters throw at the wheel and buy the piece you saw made
• Bubble-wrap generously; studios will pack for flight if you ask