Leaf Plate Set with Serving Tray, 4 Blue and White Ceramic Snack Dishes

Four small leaf-shaped ceramic plates, each glazed white with its own pattern in deep cobalt blue, sitting in a light wood-tone tray that has a shaped recess for every one of them. Fill them with nuts, olives, a dip and something sweet, and the whole spread goes from the kitchen counter to the coffee table in one trip.

The patterns are a fern, scattered dots, a palm frond and falling raindrops. All four share the same blue, so they look like a set without looking identical. Afterwards, the plates go in the dishwasher.

Four small plates keep a spread tidier than one big one

Put everything on one platter and it slowly turns into a single heap, with the hummus creeping into the crackers and the olive brine soaking whatever sits next to it. Four separate plates keep each thing in its own place. The nuts stay dry, the sauce stays put, and everyone can see what is on offer at a glance.

Each plate is 6.1 inches long including its stem and 3.5 inches across, with a shallow well about an inch deep. That is room for a good handful of almonds, a few spoonfuls of dip or a pour of soy sauce. It suits snacks with a drink, sauces beside a curry or a few chocolates after dinner.

A recess for every plate, and a stem to lift it by

The tray is a flat board, 13 by 5.7 inches, with four shallow leaf-shaped recesses cut side by side into its top. Each plate drops into its own recess, broad end into broad end, and the four alternate point and stem so they sit close together in a neat row.

The short stems reach just past the edge of the tray. Take one between finger and thumb to lift a plate out and pass it across the table, then set it back in its recess when you are done. Each plate also works on its own, as a dipping dish beside a bowl of noodles or a rest for a used teabag beside the pot.

Blue and white, with a warm brown edge

The fern plate carries pairs of solid almond-shaped leaves alternating with fine feathery sprigs along a central vein. The palm has bold curved stripes sweeping out from its center line, the raindrop has rows of small teardrops all pointing the same way, and the dots plate is the quietest of the four. The pattern runs across the floor of each plate and up its inner walls, while the outside stays plain white.

A glossy glaze covers the whole surface. A thin caramel-brown line traces every rim. The stem is glazed the same warm brown, and that is what turns a small white dish into a leaf. Laid out together on a table with a linen cloth, a stone counter or a dark wood sideboard, the blue and white look clean and the brown edge keeps them from feeling cold.

Specifications

Material: Glazed ceramic plates

Plates: 4, leaf-shaped, each with a different pattern

Patterns: Fern, Dots, Palm, Raindrop, in cobalt blue on white

Finish: Glossy glaze, caramel-brown rim line and stem

Plate dimensions: 6.1 x 3.5 x 1 in (15.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm)

Tray dimensions: 13 x 5.7 in (33 x 14.5 cm)

Tray: Light wood-tone board with four leaf-shaped recesses

Use: Snacks, dips, sauces, sweets, fruit and appetizers

Care: Plates are dishwasher safe

Package Includes

4x Leaf-Shaped Ceramic Plate (one Fern, one Dots, one Palm, one Raindrop)

1x Serving Tray with Four Recesses