Ruffled Rim Botanical Plate

Nine inches across and deep enough that a sauce stays where you put it, which is the size that ends up doing most of the work at a table. The rim is gently ruffled rather than cut flat, and a thin brown line runs right at the outer edge — the detail that keeps a white plate from looking like canteen china. The botanical painting is done in soft blue washes, so it sits under food instead of competing with it. Scattered freesia or a ring of leaves.