The Myrth Journal

Abigail Smallwood Abigail Smallwood

Built for Service: Made by Designers, Trusted by Chefs

We're not a catalog brand and we're not a pottery studio. We're two product designers who formulate our own clay, develop every glaze from scratch, and make everything under one roof in East Providence, Rhode Island. This is who we are.

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Abigail Smallwood Abigail Smallwood

The Durability Project: Living With Myrth

Our kitchen is the longest-running durability test we have. Years of daily use, real accidents, and not a single chip. Here's what living with Myrth porcelain actually looks like.

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Introducing Ume: Our First Studio Glaze.

There is a specific color that only exists for a few weeks a year. Too yellow to be green, too green to be yellow. We've been chasing it since we started making tableware. This is how we finally got there, and why we named it after a Japanese plum.

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Understanding Our Glazes (Beyond Photos)

Every glaze in our collection has surface qualities that product photography can't capture — texture, depth, how it catches light at different angles, and a soft, buttery hand feel. Here's what you're missing when you shop online.

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The Durability Project: Care, Use & The Truth About Silverware Marks

Are your Myrth pieces dishwasher safe? Oven safe? What's actually causing those grey marks on your plates — and how do you get rid of them? In this installment of The Durability Project, we answer every practical care question we get, plus a little materials science explaining why porcelain and silverware behave the way they do together.

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The Durability Project: What Makes Dinnerware Safe and Chip-Resistant

We get a version of the same question almost every week: Is your dinnerware safe? Will it chip? What's actually in the glaze?

Fair questions. And the fact that people have to ask them says something about the state of the dinnerware industry. Most brands don't talk about what's in their products — not because they're hiding something, necessarily, but because it's complicated, and complicated doesn't sell. A pretty lifestyle photo does.

We think you deserve better than that. We're ceramics makers — we formulate our own clay and glazes from scratch in our East Providence, Rhode Island studio — so we can actually answer these questions with specifics, not marketing language.

Here's what we think everyone should know before buying dinnerware they plan to eat off of every day.

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Building Your Wedding Dinnerware Registry: A Guide to Creating Your Myrth Collection

The best wedding registries aren't built from templates. They're built from the life you're actually planning to live together.

We've spent the last ten years helping couples create dinnerware collections that feel personal, not prescribed. Not matching sets pulled from a catalog, but thoughtfully assembled pieces that mix colors, shapes, and uses in ways that make sense for your table, your cooking style, your home.

Here's what we've learned about building a registry that will actually serve you—not just look good on a spreadsheet.

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