Sandrine Stoneware Dinner Plate - Light Grey

This is a stoneware dinner plate in grey, finished in a reactive glaze that settles into a fine, darker speckle across the whole surface and gathers into a deeper line along the rim. At 28.5cm across and 2.5cm tall, it is a generous dinner plate size, with room for a full main course and its sides. The rim lifts only a little from a wide, flat centre, and its edge is softly irregular, so the outline has a relaxed, organic look rather than a perfectly even circle. It is made entirely of stoneware and weighs 1.018KG, which gives it a reassuring heft on the table.

Use it for weeknight dinners at the kitchen table as readily as for a weekend lunch with friends. The quiet grey sits comfortably beside wood, linen and other stoneware, so it suits a relaxed farmhouse kitchen, a pared-back dining room or a mixed table where nothing quite matches. It is broad enough for a roast with all its trimmings, and it works equally well as a serving plate for a cheese course, grilled vegetables or a pile of flatbreads in the middle of the table. It suits anyone who wants plates for everyday use that still look considered when guests visit.

Stoneware is fired at high temperatures, which makes it dense and hard-wearing. The reactive glaze responds to the heat of the kiln, so the speckle and depth of tone vary a little from one plate to the next. Care is simple: it goes in the dishwasher, it can go in the microwave to reheat a meal, and it can go in the oven, so you can warm the plates before serving a hot dinner. For an easy table, stack it with stoneware bowls of a similar tone, or lay it on a natural linen runner with brass cutlery, which draws out the darker rim.

How big is this dinner plate?

It is 28.5cm across and 2.5cm tall, a generous dinner plate size with room for a full main course and its sides.

What material is the plate?

It is 100% stoneware finished in a reactive glaze, which gives the surface its fine, darker speckle and slightly varied tone.

Can the plate go in the dishwasher?

Yes. It goes in the dishwasher, so it can be cleared away with the rest of your everyday tableware after a meal.

Can I use it in the microwave and the oven?

Yes to both. It can go in the microwave to reheat a meal and in the oven, so you can warm it before serving hot food.

How heavy is the plate?

It weighs 1.018KG, which gives it a solid, steady feel on the table and a reassuring heft when you lift it.

Will every plate look identical?

Not quite. A reactive glaze responds to the heat of the kiln, so the speckle and depth of tone vary a little between plates.