Love my pasta bowls. They are beautiful and I have used them a few times now. I have wanted bowls like these for some time now. My only "con" about buying them was the eventual price. By the time I paid international fees plus national fees plus taxes, plus shipping, etc. etc. the total was more than twice the original price. But I was for warned and I thought I would only be buying them once - so I went for it. They seem to be very good quality.