Yanco BM-211CL Birmingham Melamine 11-1/2" x 7-1/4" x 1-1/8" Deep Oval Platter, Clay and Black — Case of 12 (1 dz)

Clay suits a platter better than it suits a side piece. At 11-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches the warm brown field has room to show the brushed grain that gives Birmingham its stoneware look, and the black outer wall stops it reading as a craft object.

Sharing platter, clay colourway

The 1-1/8 inch depth puts this above the flat-oval category, since it will hold a sauce, which is what a shared main usually needs. Operations use it for mezze, for a carved protein, for anything heading to the centre of a table. The melamine body stays rigid at this length where thin ceramic of the same footprint flexes and eventually cracks.

Sold by the full case. Case of 12 (1 dz)