Paula Speckled Stoneware Butter Dish - Cream

This cream butter dish is made from 100% stoneware in two pieces: a shallow rectangular tray and a deep cover that sits neatly inside the tray's rim. The cover has flat sides that taper gently towards a flat top, and both pieces carry a speckled reactive glaze, the speckle gathering more densely towards the base of the cover. It measures 17.5cm long, 11.5cm wide and 8cm tall, weighs 0.79KG, and the maker gives its capacity as 100ml.

Its place is the kitchen counter or the breakfast table, where the butter stays covered and close to hand for toast, crumpets and morning baking. A covered dish keeps crumbs and dust away from the butter between meals, and lifting the cover clear leaves the shallow tray open for spreading straight from the table. It suits a busy family kitchen as readily as a slow weekend brunch, and the quiet cream glaze sits comfortably among plain crockery, natural wood and woven baskets in a country kitchen or a calm, pared-back dining room.

Stoneware is a dense, hard-wearing clay, and this piece is finished in a reactive glaze. A reactive glaze changes as it fires, so the speckle falls a little differently on every dish and yours will carry its own pattern. The maker approves it for direct contact with food and for the dishwasher, the microwave and the oven, so after breakfast it simply goes in with the rest of the plates. Keep it on a wooden board beside the bread knife and a fresh loaf, where the cream glaze and the grain of the wood look warm together, and the whole table feels ready for the first slice of the day.

How big is the butter dish?

It measures 17.5cm long, 11.5cm wide and 8cm tall, weighs 0.79KG, and the maker gives its capacity as 100ml.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

Yes. The maker approves it for the dishwasher, and for the microwave and the oven as well, so everyday cleaning is simple.

What material is the butter dish?

It is 100% stoneware, finished in a reactive glaze that gives both the cover and the tray their soft speckled cream surface.

Can butter sit directly on the tray?

Yes. The maker approves it for direct contact with food, so butter can rest straight on the glazed stoneware tray beneath its cover.

Does the butter dish include a cover?

Yes. It comes in two pieces: a shallow rectangular tray and a deep cover with a flat top that rests inside the tray's rim.

Will every dish have the same speckle?

Not exactly. A reactive glaze changes as it fires, so the speckle falls a little differently on every dish and each one is individual.