Yanco BM-608CL Birmingham Melamine 8-3/4" x 5" x 1-1/4" Rarebit Dish 10 oz, Clay and Black — Case of 48 (4 dz)

Clay and black on an oval rarebit dish reads like a small gratin pan, which is close to how it gets used. Eight and three-quarter inches end to end, five across, an inch and a quarter deep, ten ounces: enough for one serving of onion soup topping, a pot-pie filling, or a warm dip with bread alongside.

The clay interior and staining

Tomato, saffron and chilli oil leave a shadow on pale melamine within a season. A clay tone absorbs that discolouration visually, which matters on a shape aimed squarely at baked, sauced, strongly coloured food. Serve in it, do not bake in it; melamine is not an oven material however much the silhouette implies otherwise.

Sold by the full case. Case of 48 (4 dz)