{"product_id":"merrilyns-watermelon-fruit-bowl","title":"Merrilyn's Watermelon Fruit Bowl","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Fraunces:ital,opsz,wght@0,9..144,500;0,9..144,700;1,9..144,500;1,9..144,700\u0026family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;1,400\u0026family=Karla:wght@400;600;700\u0026family=Caveat:wght@600\u0026display=swap');\n.wf-wrap { max-width: 780px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 0 !important; font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, serif !important; color: #2B2B26 !important; font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.wf-wrap * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.wf-wrap p { margin: 0 0 14px 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; color: #2B2B26 !important; }\n.wf-wrap h2.wf-h { font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif !important; font-size: 27px !important; line-height: 1.25 !important; font-weight: 700 !important; 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}\n  .wf-wrap p, .wf-wrap ul.wf-list li, .wf-wrap ol.wf-steps li { font-size: 16px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap .wf-hero { padding: 24px 16px 40px 16px !important; border-radius: 18px 18px 80px 80px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap h1.wf-h1 { font-size: 27px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap .wf-nums { gap: 6px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap .wf-num b { font-size: 25px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap .wf-num span { font-size: 10px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap h2.wf-h { font-size: 23px !important; }\n  .wf-wrap table.wf-tbl { font-size: 14px !important; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-wrap\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-kicker\"\u003eThrown \u0026amp; painted by hand on the Murray, Robinvale · The last batch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"wf-h1\"\u003eThe fruit bowl the grandkids actually reach into.\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-chip\"\u003e187 bowls left · the shed closes 30 November\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-hand\"\u003e“Six points, six forks, six grandkids. Each one got a colour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-nums\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-num\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eforks stored in the rim\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-num\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003esummers of melons behind it\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-num\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ekiln firings per bowl\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor twenty years, Merrilyn Haddow cut up fruit for her six grandkids and watched it go soft in a plastic container at the back of the fridge. After her husband Lindsay, who grew watermelons on the Murray outside Robinvale for 46 summers, passed away, she threw a little bowl on her wheel and painted it like one of his melons, with six coloured forks tucked into the zigzag rim. On Christmas Day 2024 the grandkids emptied it before the prawns were on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 73, she has decided this spring’s firing is her last. What’s left of it is all there will be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-by\"\u003eFrom The Craftsman’s Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eWhat arrives at your door\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wf-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-seed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOne hand-thrown, hand-painted ceramic watermelon bowl in the melon you choose: Crimson Red or Golden Yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-seed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSix stainless steel fruit picks with coloured ball handles (lilac, sky blue, lemon, orange, cherry and pink), already set in the six points of the rim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-seed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWrapped by hand in paper and packed in a sturdy box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-seed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMerrilyn’s 90-day money-back guarantee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is not included. Merrilyn says the grandkids ate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eTwo kinds of melon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-vars\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-var\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-sw wf-sw-red\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-var-t\"\u003eCrimson Red\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainted like the red melons Lindsay trucked to Melbourne every January. Lime-green striped rind, a thin white band at the edge and a red inside with little black seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-var\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-sw wf-sw-yel\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-var-t\"\u003eGolden Yellow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor “the secret row,” the yellow-fleshed melons Lindsay grew only for the grandkids. Same green rind and white band, with a sunny yellow inside and black seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery stripe is painted freehand, so no two bowls are exactly alike. The stripes land a little differently on each one, and the seeds are never in the same places twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eWhy it works better than a plastic container\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-cards\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eFruit where people see it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs on the bench or the table, not behind the pickles. What people can see is what gets eaten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e02\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eThe forks come with it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix stainless picks live in the rim. Pull one, eat, slide it back. No drawer, no sticky fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e03\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eEverybody has a colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKids claim their colour and keep it. At parties, everyone keeps their own pick, so nobody double-dips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e04\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eLooks like a melon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody ever walked past a watermelon. The bowl looks like something you want to reach into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e05\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eReal ceramic, fired twice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrown on the wheel, painted, glazed and fired again. Solid enough that it doesn’t tip when a pick is pulled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wf-no\"\u003e06\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"wf-card-t\"\u003eSnack size, on purpose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne good serving at a time, eaten fresh. Then you fill it again instead of a big bowl going brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col class=\"wf-steps\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFill it.\u003c\/b\u003e Cut fruit into bite-size pieces: watermelon, mango, cherries, strawberries, grapes, whatever is in season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePut it out.\u003c\/b\u003e On the kitchen bench after school, on the table at tea, out on the verandah when the cricket is on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePull a fork.\u003c\/b\u003e Everybody takes a ball, spears a piece and keeps their pick until the bowl is empty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRinse and refill.\u003c\/b\u003e Rinse the bowl and the picks, slide the picks back into the points, and it’s ready for tomorrow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrown-ups use it, too: cheese cubes and olives for visitors, cherries at a barbie, or a little bowl of strawberries next to the reading chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eA plastic container vs. Merrilyn’s bowl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"wf-tbl\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e \u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePlastic container in the fridge\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMerrilyn’s watermelon bowl\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhere it sits\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBehind the leftovers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOn the bench, in plain sight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSomewhere in a drawer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSix, stored in the rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho eats from it\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhoever remembers it’s there\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEverybody with a colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAt a party\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFingers and toothpicks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne pick per guest\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBy a machine, by the million\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBy hand, 187 left\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eMade by hand on the Murray\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerrilyn married Lindsay Haddow in 1972. Six years later they planted their first melons on the sandy river country outside Robinvale, on a bend of the Murray where the long hot summers suit melons. Every summer for 46 years, one row was yellow and kept for the grandkids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerrilyn has thrown pots for more than twenty years, on a second-hand wheel Lindsay gave her for their thirtieth anniversary. After he passed in 2024, she moved the wheel and her little kiln into his empty melon packing shed. That December she made the first watermelon bowl, cutting the zigzag rim with his old paring knife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery bowl since has been thrown, cut, pierced, painted and fired by her. Her granddaughter Brooke runs the little online shop from her kitchen table in Mildura and takes the parcels to the post office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 30 November, Merrilyn closes the shed. What came out of the last firing is all there is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-sig\"\u003eMerrilyn Haddow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-sig-sub\"\u003eRobinvale, on the Murray, Victoria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eWhat a school canteen veteran says\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I ran a primary school canteen for 26 years. Fruit cups on a tray went in the bin. Fruit in a bowl on the bench, cut up and easy to grab, disappeared. Kids eat what they can see and reach, and they love anything that’s theirs. A fork in their own colour is exactly that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-by\"\u003eRobyn Treloar, retired canteen manager, Mildura, VIC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-tags\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNan’s kitchen bench\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter-school snacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristmas lunch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristmas presents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCard afternoons \u0026amp; CWA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer barbies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHousewarming gifts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWatermelon lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eQuestions people asked at the show\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-faq-q\"\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 17.5 centimetres across and 9.5 centimetres tall. It’s a snack bowl, not a salad bowl: a good bunch of grapes, or a mango and a handful of cherries cut up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-faq-q\"\u003eAre the picks safe for kids?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey’re small stainless steel forks with two pointed tines, so they’re made for big kids and grown-ups. Merrilyn wouldn’t give one to a toddler, and neither should you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-faq-q\"\u003eDo the picks fall out?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. Each pick slides snugly into its own hole in a point of the rim, so they stay put when the bowl is carried. Pull gently and they come right out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-faq-q\"\u003eIs every bowl the same?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is the same. The stripes and seeds are painted by hand, so each one is a little different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-faq-q\"\u003eWill there be more?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. This spring’s firing was the last big one. When these 187 are gone, there won’t be another batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wf-guar\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wf-guar-big\"\u003eMerrilyn’s promise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If the kids won’t touch it, send it back. I’d rather it sat on the bench of somebody who’ll use it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery order comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee. No questions asked. Every bowl is wrapped by hand and dispatched within 1 to 2 business days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eCare \u0026amp; use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRinse the bowl and the picks under warm water with a little dish soap and let them dry. Treat it like any good ceramic dish: a hard knock on stone or tile can chip it. Small differences in the painting and the glaze are part of hand-made work, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wf-h\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"wf-tbl\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 17.5 cm across × 9.5 cm tall (6.9 × 3.7 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePicks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 stainless steel picks, approx. 8.7 cm, coloured ball handles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed ceramic, fired twice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelons\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrimson Red · Golden Yellow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThrown and painted by hand, Robinvale, Victoria\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDispatched within 1–2 business days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGuarantee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90-day money-back guarantee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Craft vendor","offers":[{"title":"Crimson Red","offer_id":50968745836730,"sku":null,"price":46.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Golden Yellow","offer_id":50968745869498,"sku":null,"price":46.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/3250\/1946\/files\/hf_20261107_214710_7b7ceeea-230c-4920-8ddf-06cab09b9176.png?v=1794091059","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/merrilyns-watermelon-fruit-bowl","provider":"BACKR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}