Royal Crown Derby Crushed Velvet Pearl Flared Dish (Pack of 6)
Product Description
The Crushed Velvet Pearl Flared Dish is a small bone china piece from Royal Crown Derby's Crushed Velvet collection. Its shallow, flared profile is designed to frame plated food rather...
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 6
- Diameter
- 110
- Dimensions
- 20(H) x 110(Ø)mm | ¾(H)" x 4¼(Ø)"
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
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Product Description
The Crushed Velvet Pearl Flared Dish is a small bone china piece from Royal Crown Derby's Crushed Velvet collection. Its shallow, flared profile is designed to frame plated food rather than draw attention to itself, making it a practical choice where the food presentation is the focus. The Pearl colourway sits within a wider collection available in additional tones, so operators can run a consistent single-colour service or mix across colourways depending on the service concept.
Bone china is the standard material for front-of-house tableware in quality dining for good reason. It produces a fine, translucent finish that holds its appearance through repeated service and dishwasher cycles, and it handles the movement and stacking typical of a busy pass better than many alternatives. The Crushed Velvet range adds surface texture and visual depth without creating a piece that is awkward to clean or difficult to handle during service.
In practical use, this dish suits a focused set of applications well:
- Amuse-bouches and pre-dessert courses requiring a small, refined vessel
- Afternoon tea presentations where consistent, elegant sizing matters
- Small desserts or petits fours where the flared shape supports easy portioning
- Tasting menus where tableware variety is part of the overall guest experience
As a smaller decorative piece, this dish is most at home in fine dining, boutique hotels, and afternoon tea services where presentation is central to the guest experience. It is less suited to high-turnover casual dining environments where tableware takes significant daily physical punishment.
If you're building out a tableware programme and want to talk through how the Crushed Velvet range fits alongside your existing pieces, we're glad to help you think it through.
Key Features
- Flared shallow profile draws focus towards plated food presentation
- Bone china construction delivers a fine, translucent front-of-house finish
- Surface texture adds visual interest without compromising ease of cleaning
- Pearl colourway compatible with other tones across the Crushed Velvet range
- Pack of six supports consistent, uniform presentation across a full table
Operational Benefits
- Consistent sizing across six pieces supports uniform plating on the pass
- Bone china durability holds up through repeated dishwasher and service cycles
- Mixing colourways within the range allows flexible table setting approaches
- Flared shape simplifies portioning and plating during busy service periods
- Understated profile keeps guest attention on the food rather than the dish
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 6
- Diameter
- 110
- Dimensions
- 20(H) x 110(Ø)mm | ¾(H)" x 4¼(Ø)"
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Material
- Bone China
- Microwave safe
- Yes
- Oven proof
- Yes
- Temperature range
- 2°C to 100°C
- Weight
- 110g
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Bone china is the standard material for commercial front-of-house tableware precisely because it performs reliably through repeated dishwasher cycles. That said, for any fine tableware it is worth following the manufacturer's guidance on temperature settings and avoiding harsh abrasive cleaners that can affect surface finish over time.
- Yes — the Crushed Velvet range is designed so that different colourways can be run alongside one another without clashing. This makes it practical for operators who want variety across a table setting or who are building up stock gradually across multiple tones.
- It works best in environments where food presentation is a deliberate part of the guest experience — fine dining, boutique hotels, afternoon tea services, and tasting menus are the most natural fit. It is less suited to high-turnover casual dining where tableware is subject to heavy daily handling and more frequent replacement.