Will it fit? At 35cm across it is a centrepiece rather than an accent bowl, and the ruffle adds a little to the footprint, so allow slightly more clear surface. At just 10cm high it is low enough to see across on a dining table.

The rim is folded and waved while the clay is soft, so the peaks fall at irregular intervals and heights, and no two dishes are quite the same shape.

A glossy terra brown reactive glaze, warm rather than cool, pools darker in the hollows and thins over the peaks, with darker speckles scattered across the interior.

Hand wash only, in warm soapy water with a soft cloth, working gently into the folds. Nothing abrasive. Lift from underneath rather than by the rim, as the peaks are the thinnest points, and use a mat on polished surfaces.

This is a decorative dish, so please check with us before using it for food; whole fruit is fine. For indoor use only. The rim shape, glaze pooling and speckling vary from piece to piece.

Leave it empty as the one low, wide piece on a coffee table, or fill it a third full at most with lemons, pears or pinecones. On a hallway console it neatly gathers keys and post. It shows best on a pale surface or linen runner.

Pair it with something tall from our pots and vases collection, or group it on a tray with books and a candle.

Current delivery timing for this item is on our delivery page.

If it isn't quite right, returns are simple, and our price match promise applies.

Can I use it for food?

It is a decorative dish, so please check with us before serving food in it. Whole fruit in its skin is fine.

Is it dishwasher safe?

No, hand wash only, to protect the glaze and reach into the folds of the rim.

Will mine look exactly like the photograph?

No two are the same. The rim is shaped while the clay is soft, so the folds and glaze pooling vary on every piece.

35cm across is generous. This is a centrepiece, not an accent bowl.

The proportion is what makes it useful. At 35cm wide and only 10cm deep, whatever goes in sits spread across the base rather than piled in a heap, so a few good things look considered where in a deep bowl they would disappear.

On a coffee table, allow the dish plus clear space around it. On a 140cm table it takes up a quarter of the length, which is why it works better as the single central object than as one of a group.

On a dining table, 10cm is low enough to see across, which is the test a centrepiece has to pass.

The ruffled rim adds a little to the footprint where the waves reach outward, so allow slightly more than 35cm of clear surface.

The rim is folded by hand, so no two are the same shape.

A moulded scalloped edge repeats itself exactly, and it always looks moulded. Here the rim has been waved and folded while the clay was soft, so the peaks fall at irregular intervals and at slightly different heights around the circumference. That irregularity is the whole difference between a piece that looks made and one that looks manufactured.

The glossy terra-brown glaze pools darker in the hollows of the ruffle and runs thinner over the peaks, which gives the surface a tonal depth that a flat-rimmed dish in the same colour would not have. The shape and the glaze are working together.

There is mottling and speckle through the glaze, darker flecks scattered across the interior, which is characteristic of a reactive glaze rather than a flat coloured one.

And the colour is warm brown rather than cool, closer to terracotta than to chocolate, which is what lets it sit against timber, linen and stone without looking heavy.

• A hand-shaped ruffled rim, irregular in a way a moulded edge never is
• Glaze pooling in the folds, giving the surface tonal depth
• Wide and shallow, so contents spread out rather than piling up
• Low enough for a dining table, where a taller centrepiece blocks sightlines
• Warm terra brown that sits with timber, linen and stone
• Speckled reactive glaze rather than a flat colour
• Works empty, which is how a decorative dish spends most of its life
• No two alike, since the rim is shaped by hand

The first option, and often the best. A dish with a rim this sculptural has enough going on that it holds a coffee table empty, and it is the arrangement that shows the ruffle properly.

The obvious one and still the right one. Lemons, apples or pears against a warm brown glaze, in a single layer rather than heaped, is a genuinely good look on a kitchen island.

Pinecones and dried seed heads in autumn, faux greenery in December, a few large dried stems the rest of the year. See our faux flowers and greenery.

On a hallway console, keys, post and sunglasses. A wide shallow dish is far more forgiving of that than a deep bowl, since nothing gets lost at the bottom.

Worth saying plainly. Check with us before using it for food, since a decorative glaze is not the same thing as a food-safe one.

Every surface arrangement needs one wide, low object among the tall ones. A dish this size does that job better than anything, and it is usually the element people leave out.

A third full at most. The interior glaze and the shape of the base are half the product, and burying them defeats the point.

Dark brown on dark timber disappears. On a pale console, a light stone surface or a linen runner the silhouette and the ruffle both read properly.

A glossy glaze and a folded rim are both made of reflection and shadow. A lamp nearby does far more for it than an overhead fitting, which flattens the ruffle completely.

This has enough character to be the interesting object on a table. Pair it with plain things, a stack of books and a simple candle, rather than with another statement piece.

Hand wash only. A dishwasher will dull a decorative glaze over time, and the ruffled rim has folds a machine will not reach properly anyway.

Warm soapy water and a soft cloth, working into the folds of the rim where dust and residue collect. Nothing abrasive on a glossy glaze.

Check with us before using it for food. A decorative glaze is not automatically food safe, and it is worth a message rather than an assumption. For dry items such as fruit in its own skin there is no concern; for anything wet or acidic, ask first.

Mind the rim. A hand-folded edge has thinner points at the peaks, which is where a chip would start. Lift it from underneath rather than by the rim.

Use a mat on a polished surface. A ceramic base on timber will mark if the dish is slid rather than lifted.

What to expect. The rim shape, the glaze pooling and the speckling all vary from piece to piece, so yours will not match the photograph exactly. That is the point of a hand-shaped rim.

It ships packed for ceramic. Current timescales and charges are set out on our delivery page.

Not sure whether 35cm suits the surface you have in mind, or whether it is right for food? Ask us. Reach us via our contact page or live chat.

If it is not right, our returns process is straightforward, and everything is covered by our guarantees and warranties.

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