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Leonie's Berry Washing Bowl
Leonie's Berry Washing Bowl
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Leonie's Berry Washing Bowl
Made by Hand in Cygnet, Tasmania
Leonie Coombe, 69, spent 34 years on the wash lines of a Tasmanian cherry and apple packing shed. She made this bowl for her granddaughter. These are the last bowls from this spring’s firing. The next one won’t be before autumn.
People think fruit comes out of the paddock clean. It doesn’t. It comes out of a paddock.
Leonie Leonie Coombe, 34 years on a cherry packing lineClean berries in 3 easy steps
What arrives at your door
Why the berries come out clean and whole
Water comes in low through the spout, follows the curved wall and starts circling on its own. The berries turn in it, so every side gets rinsed.
No hard stream hitting the fruit and no rubbing. The water does the moving, so soft berries keep their shape.
Loose dirt, leaves and little bugs go out with the water through the holes around the cone. The berries stay in the bowl.
Leonie sets every spout herself, upright on the side of the bowl, and tests every bowl under the tap before it is dispatched.
Sized for one serving. Wash only what you’re about to eat, so the rest of the punnet stays dry in the fridge.
It drains on its own and goes straight to the table as a serving bowl. Each glaze is dipped by hand.
Pick your glaze
A quick rinse or Leonie’s bowl?
| Rinse under the tap | Leonie’s bowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Water | ✗ Hits the top berries, runs straight out | ✓ Circles around the whole handful |
| Soft fruit | ✗ Raspberries get crushed | ✓ Berries ride in water and stay whole |
| Your hands | ✗ Shaking, turning, rubbing | ✓ Hands-free, just turn on the tap |
| Dirt & bugs | ✗ Often stay on the bottom berries | ✓ Go out with the water |
| Afterwards | ✗ Wet punnet back in the fridge | ✓ Drains, goes straight to the table |
| Material | ✗ Plastic punnet or colander | ✓ Hand-glazed ceramic |
“Most fresh berries are packed right in the field, without being washed. The best thing you can do at home is rinse them gently under cool running water just before you eat them, and only as many as you need. Washing the whole container ahead of time adds moisture, and that speeds up mould.”
Dr Fiona Garrick, Food Safety Scientist, Hobart, TasmaniaPerfect for
Leonie’s checklist
- Real ceramic: thrown on the wheel and high-fired. Not plastic, won’t warp.
- Hand-set spout: upright on the side, so the water comes in low and circles.
- Pierced cone: water drains, berries stay in.
- One-serving size: wash only what you’ll eat.
- Tested: every bowl runs under the studio tap before it’s wrapped.
90-Day “It Has to Swirl at Your Sink” Guarantee
If it doesn’t work at your tap, or you just don’t love it, send us a short email within 90 days and you get your money back.
Good to know: The bowl is about 13 cm across and holds one good handful at a time. It needs a steady stream of cold water into the spout. A very weak trickle won’t get the water circling. Rinsing with water helps remove loose dirt, leaves and insects. It does not remove residues inside the fruit. Every glaze is dipped by hand, so colour and shape vary a little from bowl to bowl.
Product details
| Material | Glazed ceramic, high-fired |
| Size | approx. 13 cm across the top, 7.5 cm tall, 16.5 cm long including the spout |
| Capacity | One handful of berries, about one serving |
| Glazes | Bruny Cream, Channel Blue, Huon Sage, Deep Cobalt |
| How to use | Add berries, hold the spout under a steady cold stream, let it swirl for about half a minute |
| Good for | Berries, cherries, grapes, cherry tomatoes |
| Care | Rinse after use and let it air-dry. Hand-washing recommended |
| Made by | Leonie Coombe, by hand, in her shed in Cygnet, Tasmania |
| Since | Her first bowl was made in the summer of 2024–25 |
The Spring Firing
The Spring Firing
A note from the shed:
Leonie Coombe worked the wash and grading lines at a cherry and apple packing shed outside Huonville, Tasmania, for 34 years. She learned there that fruit is moved in water, not blasted with it, and that most berries are packed in the field without ever being washed. When her granddaughter Tilly started eating berries straight from the punnet, Leonie threw a small bowl in the old apple shed behind her house and set a spout on it, so the tap water would circle the way it did in the packing shed. The bowls sold at the Saturday market in Cygnet for two summers. The market has closed for good, and the bowls left from the September firing are all there is until autumn.
Free Shipping Australia-wide
Free Shipping Australia-wide
Free shipping Australia-wide
- Dispatched within 1–2 business days, with tracking
- Every bowl is tested under the tap and wrapped by hand
- Ceramic berry bowl approx. 13 cm across, 7.5 cm tall, 16.5 cm long including the spout
- Holds one handful of berries at a time. Needs a steady stream of cold water into the spout
- 90-day money-back guarantee — just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm (ET). Whether it’s about your order, how to use your bowl, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Of course. 90-day money-back guarantee. Use it at your sink every morning, and if it doesn’t swirl at your tap or simply isn’t for you, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 90 days for a full refund. No questions, and shipping within Australia is free.
How is it made?
How is it made?
Leonie throws each bowl on the wheel herself, then shapes the spout and sets it by hand, upright on the side of the bowl, so the water comes in low, catches the wall and circles instead of pouring straight through. After the first firing she dips each bowl in one of four glazes and fires it again. Before it is wrapped, Leonie runs every bowl under the shed tap to make sure the water swirls. No two are identical.