Steelite Craft Brown Coupe Plates 202mm (Pack of 24)
Product Description
The Steelite Craft Brown coupe plate is part of a tableware collection designed to reflect the aesthetic of traditional, hand-finished country pottery. The rich brown glaze has a depth and...
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 24
- Colour
- Brown
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 202
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Product Description
The Steelite Craft Brown coupe plate is part of a tableware collection designed to reflect the aesthetic of traditional, hand-finished country pottery. The rich brown glaze has a depth and slight variation that gives each plate a handcrafted character, making it a practical choice for operators who want their tableware to contribute to a considered, informal presentation style rather than a uniform, factory-finished look.
In service, these plates hold up well under the demands of a busy kitchen environment. Made from alumina vitrified ceramic, they are denser and more impact-resistant than standard vitrified china, which matters in high-turnover settings where plates are stacked, racked, and handled repeatedly throughout the day. The coupe profile — a shallow, rimless shape — gives a clean platform for plating, works across a range of portion sizes, and stacks efficiently in limited storage space.
From an operational standpoint, the Craft Brown plates offer a few practical advantages worth noting:
- Oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe, supporting flexible kitchen workflows
- Alumina vitrified construction provides strong resistance to chipping and crazing over time
- Lifetime edge chip warranty from Steelite offers some reassurance on long-term replacement costs
- The neutral brown tone works across a broad range of cuisines and plating styles
- Sold in packs of 24, which suits initial cover sets or top-up orders
The earthy glaze palette suits casual dining, farm-to-table concepts, independent cafés, and specialist restaurants where the tableware is intended to reinforce an artisan or natural food narrative. It is less well suited to formal fine dining environments where a cleaner, more contemporary finish would typically be expected. For sites running higher covers, packs can be combined to build out a full service set.
If you are building a full table setting or need guidance on cover quantities and complementary pieces within the Craft range, the team is happy to talk it through before you order.
Key Features
- Alumina vitrified ceramic construction for enhanced chip resistance
- 202mm coupe profile suitable for a wide range of portion sizes
- Oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe for flexible kitchen use
- Rich hand-applied brown glaze with natural tonal variation throughout
- Supplied in packs of 24 for practical cover-set ordering
Operational Benefits
- Durable construction reduces breakage costs in high-turnover service
- Rimless coupe shape simplifies plating and stacks compactly in storage
- Lifetime edge chip warranty supports long-term replacement planning
- Earthy glaze tone complements artisan and natural food presentation styles
- Pack-of-24 format makes scaling up cover quantities straightforward
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 24
- Colour
- Brown
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 202
- Dimensions
- 202(Ø)mm/ 8"
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Finish
- Lustrous Glaze
- Freezer safe
- Yes
- Furniture shape
- Round
- Material
- Alumina vitrified ceramic
- Microwave safe
- Yes
- Oven proof
- Yes
- Warranty
- Lifetime Edge Chip
- Weight
- 3.21kg
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Alumina vitrified ceramic is specifically formulated to resist the thermal stress and detergent exposure of commercial dishwashers. The Craft Brown glaze is kiln-fired rather than painted on, so it does not fade or degrade in the way that surface-applied finishes can. Some very slight softening of the glaze sheen can occur over many hundreds of cycles, which is typical of this style of finish.
- The Craft collection is designed to have a degree of natural variation between pieces, which is part of the aesthetic. Plates within the same production batch will be closely matched, but some subtle difference in tone is expected and intentional. If colour consistency is critical to your table setting, it is worth discussing batch ordering with the team.
- As a general guide, most operators aim for two to three times their cover count in plates to allow for tables in service, plates in the wash, and a contingency for breakages. A 40-cover restaurant, for example, would typically look at a starting quantity of 80 to 120 plates, which equates to four to five packs of 24. The right number will depend on your turn time and dishwasher cycle speed.