Cerender Ceramics

Cerender's ceramics are made in Bát Tràng, a village on the far bank of the Red River southeast of central Hanoi, whose potters have worked in continuous production for more than 700 years, making it Vietnam's oldest and best-known ceramic-making center. The Hanoi shop itself sits in the Old Quarter near St. Joseph's Cathedral, putting it within walking distance of the district's cluster of small independent retailers rather than out at the village workshops themselves — a common arrangement among Bát Tràng-sourced ceramics sellers, who maintain a city storefront for tourists and expatriate residents while production stays in the village. Beyond the shop's better-known novelty pieces, Cerender's range extends to export-oriented tableware and furnishing accessories — flower pots, tea sets, table lamps, and fine textured porcelain — giving it a broader catalogue than the whimsical single-item pieces most visitors photograph. The shop has changed addresses within the Old Quarter more than once, moving in recent years from a Ấu Triệu Street location to its current storefront on Hàng Trống, one of the neighborhood's older, name-preserving streets clustered around Hoàn Kiếm Lake — the kind of relocation common to small independent Hanoi retailers navigating short leases in a historic, high-turnover shopping district.