A bowl with no tap hole, and that is the point
A countertop bowl sits on the worktop and is plumbed through a single hole cut beneath it, which means it comes with no tap hole of its own — the tap is a separate decision, and it has to be tall enough to clear the rim. Rim height is therefore the first number to write down, because it sets the minimum spout height you can buy afterwards. Then the ordinary geometry: outside dimensions against your worktop depth, and bowl depth, which decides splashing more than anything else. Two details that catch people: the waste hole diameter, near-universally 1"1/4 but worth confirming, and whether the bowl has an overflow. A bowl without one needs an unslotted waste, and fitting a slotted waste to it leaks into the cupboard. Weight matters on a thin worktop. We compare outside dimensions, bowl depth, rim height, waste hole diameter, whether an overflow is present, material, and weight.
Countertop basin · 340 × 270 mm oval · 130 mm high · no overflow, stated · ceramic
A small oval countertop basin that publishes all three of its dimensions and states plainly that it has no overflow — which decides the waste you must buy with it.
Best for: A narrow cloakroom worktop where a full-size basin will not fit and hands are the only thing being washed.
≈ £48 / 48 €
Countertop basin · Ø 31.5 cm round · terracotta and porcelain fired at 1280 °C · sealed surface · silicone tube supplied
A small round bowl that names its clay body and comes with the tube of silicone you would otherwise be sent out for.
Best for: Buying a whole basin from one range — bowl, tap, waste and trap — where coherence matters more than a specification sheet.
≈ £76 / 70 €
Countertop basin · Ø 355 × 120 mm · no overflow · unslotted 1¼ in pop-up waste supplied · ceramic
A round countertop basin supplied with the right waste already — the unslotted 1¼ in kind that a basin without an overflow actually needs.
Best for: A first countertop basin, bought by someone who does not yet know that slotted and unslotted wastes exist.
≈ 50 €
Countertop basin · 42 × 34 × 14.5 cm · ceramic fired at 1280 °C · nano glaze · DIN-standard outlet
A larger oval bowl that publishes all three dimensions and names its firing temperature — 1280 °C, which is what separates sanitary ceramic from decorative pottery.
Best for: A main bathroom vanity where the bowl is used for more than rinsing hands and the worktop is deep enough for 34 cm.
≈ £44 / 56 €
Basin · 38 × 26 cm · countertop OR wall-mounted · 19 cm fixing centres, wall spacing 120–260 mm · no overflow · pop-up waste supplied
The only basin in this catalogue that can be used both ways — on a worktop or hung on the wall — and it publishes the fixing centres for the second option.
Best for: A small bathroom where whether the basin hangs or sits has not been decided yet.
≈ 86 €
