Plates and Platters: Entertaining Essentials
- Stefani Stein
- Jul 5
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 2
A plate can hold more than a meal; it can hold memory, ritual, and beauty. This edit gathers pieces crafted to be lived with, layered, and loved. Objects quiet enough for everyday, and extraordinary enough for always.
Everyday Beauty
Artfully Gathered
How to Layer Plates & Platters at Home
Not all sculpture needs a pedestal. Sometimes it lives in the curve of a platter, the brushstroke of a hand-thrown plate. A quiet edit of objects made for living beautifully.
Let Plates Live Beyond the Table
Display a collection of plates hung along a wall, stack favorites in a china cabinet or dish rack, or display a beautiful platter on a stand, bringing art into everyday spaces.
Mix Old and New
Layer vintage finds with new artisan pieces to create a collected, timeless feeling — where every mark, brushstroke, and imperfection tells a story.
Play with Shape and Scale
Mix circular, scalloped, and octagonal forms together. Whether creating a tablescape or wall display, varying forms feel more inviting.
Embrace Hand-Touched Beauty
Celebrate plates and platters that feel made by hand: brushy glazes, painterly patterns, and textured rims that carry the memory of their making.
Artful Pieces to Layer, Display, and Love
From delicate ceramics to timeworn glazes, from painterly patterns to sculptural silhouettes: these pieces are made for more than just the table. They are meant to be lived with, admired, collected, and passed from hand to hand. Explore the collection and find pieces that feel not just decorative, but deeply, naturally alive.
The Spongeware Scallop Platter brings a rich, tactile quality to any surface, its organic form adding movement and warmth to a collection.
The 19th c. Spanish Blue Fajalauza Lebrillo Bowl offers delicate symmetry and a soft, flowing pattern — a quiet nod to tradition and craft.
Ground a table or shelf with the Moss Green Stoneware Plate, a piece whose subtle glaze and ribbed texture lend understated beauty to everyday rituals.
The Royal Copenhagen Blue & White Fluted Porcelain Plate carries centuries of artistry in its detailed floral design — perfect layered or displayed on its own.
The Kaneko Kohyo Rinka Ceramic Petal Plate offers sculptural softness, its curved edges catching light and shadow in quiet, shifting ways.
Add a note of whimsy with the Vivoli Coaster, a playful celebration of hand-lettered imperfection and joyful memory.
The Botanical and Butterfly Plate weaves together nature and art, making it a perfect layering piece for curated tablescapes and collected walls.
Anchor your setting with the Cobalt Beatrice Serving Platter a bold, luminous piece that speaks to heritage and modern simplicity all at once.
Everyday Objects, Extraordinary Presence
A plate, a platter, a small sculptural form — each one holds more than its function. They hold memory, atmosphere, and the quiet invitation to live with beauty every day.
