Disappointed in quality

I bought this small dish to replace a similar one that I had broken. The quality of this dish is nowhere near the quality of the previous Emile Henry dish I had. The identical dish I ordered with this one, in a different color was fine. The people at Cooking.com were great--they sent me a replacement, even though they said the imperfections were normal. The replacement was also not up to snuff. I don't see why one color would have better quality than another, and I'll be worried about buying more Emile Henry dishes in the future.