A single long leaf, pressed in stoneware and glazed a deep garden green, with cream spots raised in wax relief scattered across the blade and the veins running out to a drawn point. It is the kind of piece that reads as an object first and a dish second — put it out empty on a windowsill and it still earns the space. Twelve inches end to end and barely an inch deep, so it slides into the gaps a round plate cannot: down the middle of a set table, along the back of a bathroom counter, on the shelf where the keys land. Browse more home accents.
Details
- 12"L × 4"W, shallow well
- Glazed stoneware, kiln-fired
- Deep green glaze with cream wax-relief spots and raised leaf veining
- Pointed tip and a hand-shaped, softly irregular edge
- Flat unglazed foot — sits level and will not rock on a table
- Part of Creative Co-Op’s Palmera collection
- Reactive glaze: spot size, glaze pooling and green depth vary piece to piece
- Sold individually
- Indoor use
Styling
The narrow shape is the whole argument for it. Down the centre of a dining table it holds a row of figs, dates or a few chocolates without stealing the width you need for serving bowls; on a cheese board it takes the olives and keeps the brine off everything else. Two of them end to end make a long green line across a sideboard that a single round dish never gives you.
Off the table it works just as hard. On a nightstand it corrals rings, a watch and the reading glasses; by the sink it is a soap dish that does not look like a soap dish; on a desk it is where the paperclips and the good pen live. The green glaze pulls warm wood forward, so it looks best on walnut, oak or unfinished pine, and it sits naturally beside real plants — the spots echo a polka-dot houseplant closely enough that people notice. Pair it with the speckled white 8" Stoneware Scalloped Plate and 10" Stoneware Scalloped Plate for a tabletop that mixes shapes instead of matching them, or keep looking through home decor and dining room furniture.
Care
- Hand wash in warm water with a soft cloth and mild soap
- Dry fully before stacking — the unglazed foot holds moisture
- Food safe for serving; not intended for cutting on, and a knife will scratch the glaze
- Not microwave or oven safe
- Avoid abrasive pads and scouring powder, which dull the glaze and the raised relief
- Handle the drawn tip with care — it is the thinnest point on the piece
- Hand-glazed, so no two are identical; slight variation is the finish working correctly
