Gianluca Fabbro, a maestro artisan working in Italy's Veneto region, builds the Nutcrackers collection around a Christmas character everyone recognizes, and the Nutcrackers Pedestal Fruit Bowl gives that design a lift. Raised on a footed base, it reads as a centerpiece before it holds anything at all, then earns the spot again once the fruit and nuts go in. The terra bianca clay is hand painted, so the detail sits slightly differently on every piece and the small variations are part of the work rather than a flaw. It is dishwasher, microwave, freezer and oven safe Italian serveware, which matters on a day when the kitchen is busy. Set it out for the season and it becomes the piece the family looks for each December.
