Wooden Leaf Serving Tray with Grooved Veins and Stem Handle in 3 Sizes

A wooden serving tray cut in the shape of a single long leaf, with fine veins carved across its face and a short stem at one end that you lift it by. Set a pot of tea, a coffee and a couple of biscuits, or a small spread of fruit and cheese on it, and the table looks arranged rather than just covered.

Most trays are rectangles, and a rectangle is something you put things on and then forget about. This one is worth looking at even when it is empty. So it stays out on show.

Carved veins that catch the light

A narrow raised rib runs down the middle of the tray from the stem toward the tip, and from it dozens of fine grooves sweep out on both sides to the edge, angled toward the tip the way the veins on a real leaf run. Low light from a window picks out every ridge, so the carving changes as the day goes on.

The wood is a warm reddish brown with darker streaks running through the grain, and it is smoothed to a soft satin feel rather than coated in a shiny varnish. The tray is shallow and slim, its edge curving up gently into a thin rounded rim, so it sits low on the table and never looks bulky beside the cups.

The stem is the handle

At the wide end, the leaf narrows into a short round stem that lines up with the center rib. That stem is the handle. Pick the tray up by one end with a cup on it and carry it from the kitchen to the sofa without hunting for somewhere to grip. On the table it stays out of the way, lying flat and level with the rim.

It suits tea for two, an afternoon coffee with something sweet, a bowl of olives before dinner, a few slices of bread at breakfast, or a cheese board when friends come over. With nothing on it at all, the tray works as a piece in its own right on a sideboard, a coffee table or a shelf.

Three sizes, each sold on its own

The Small fits one cup and a little something beside it, which makes it the everyday coffee tray. The Medium takes a small teapot and two cups, or a modest plate of fruit. The Large is the one for sharing, with room for a teapot and its cups or a small spread of cheese, grapes and crackers for two or three people.

All three share the same carving and the same stem. The Small is a slightly fuller leaf, and the two larger ones grow longer and slimmer. Each order is one tray in the size you pick, and the exact measurements are in the specifications below, so it is easy to check against the table it is going on.

Specifications

Material: Wood

Shape: Leaf, with a raised center rib, carved vein grooves and a stem handle

Color: Warm reddish brown, with the wood grain visible

Finish: Smooth satin, not varnished to a shine

Small dimensions: 9.8 x 4.9 in (25 x 12.5 cm)

Medium dimensions: 15 x 5.9 in (38 x 15 cm)

Large dimensions: 18.9 x 7.1 in (48 x 18 cm)

Use: Serving tea, coffee, snacks, desserts, fruit and bread, or as a decorative piece

Package Includes

1x Wooden Leaf Serving Tray in the size you choose