Pixie Stoneware Butter Dish - Green

This butter dish is made from 100% stoneware in green, with a flat lid that settles onto a deep rectangular base. It measures 13cm long, 9cm wide and 7cm tall, a compact size that sits neatly on the table without crowding the plates around it. Stoneware is a dense, hard-wearing ceramic, and at 0.5KG the dish feels solid in the hand. The finish is a reactive glaze, which moves and varies as it is fired, so the green shifts in depth across each face and thins to a darker line along the rims and edges. Reactive glazes never come out exactly the same twice, so yours will carry its own markings.

It is made for butter, and the maker states it is food safe, so it can live on the breakfast table for morning toast, come out for a Sunday roast or sit on the kitchen worktop beside the bread bin. The lid keeps the butter covered and away from crumbs between meals, and the slight overhang of the lid gives your fingers an easy edge to lift. It suits a farmhouse or Scandinavian-style kitchen, a dining table dressed with linen and wood, and anyone who wants everyday tableware with real character in the glaze. It also makes a practical housewarming gift.

Both the base and the lid are stoneware under the same reactive glaze, and the lid lifts straight off with no hinge or clip to clean around. The maker rates it dishwasher safe, microwave safe and oven safe, so after breakfast it can go straight into the dishwasher with the plates, and it can go in the microwave or the oven too. For a simple table, set it on a wooden board beside a fresh loaf and a butter knife, where the green glaze sits well against the grain.

What is the butter dish made of?

It is made from 100% stoneware, base and lid alike, finished in a green reactive glaze that varies in depth across each piece.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

Yes. The maker rates it dishwasher safe, and it is also microwave safe and oven safe, so everyday cleaning is straightforward.

How big is the butter dish?

It is 13cm long, 9cm wide and 7cm tall, and it weighs 0.5KG, so it sits comfortably on a breakfast or dining table.

Does it come with a lid?

Yes. It has a flat stoneware lid that settles onto the rectangular base and lifts straight off, with no hinge or clip.

Is it suitable for food?

Yes. The maker states it is food safe, and it is made to hold butter on the table or the kitchen worktop between meals.

Why does the glaze look different across the dish?

It is a reactive glaze, which moves as it is fired, so the green shifts in tone and thins to a darker line along the rims and edges.