A set of plates before being glazed at a pottery shop.

A plate is a type of dishware, being a broad, concave but mainly flat vessel on which food is served. Plates are commonly made from porcelain, stoneware, plastic, or glass; occasionally, wood or carved stone is used. Disposable plates are often made from paper. The nonporous nature of plates made of glass makes it easier to achieve ritual separation of meat and dairy according to the laws of kashrut. Plates for serving food come in a variety of sizes, from small saucers, to bread and butter plates, to dinner plates, to large platters from which food for several people may be distributed at table. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1365x2048, 436 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Plate (dishware) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1365x2048, 436 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Plate (dishware) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... A glaze is a vitreous coating to a ceramic material whose primary purposes are decoration or protection. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Some dishware Dishware is a general term for objects—dishes—from which people eat or serve food, such as plates and bowls. ... Vessel can refer to any of the following: Objects Vessel (French vaissel, from a rare Latin vascellum, diminuitive of vas, vase, or urn), a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain something. ... It has been suggested that Porcelain tile be merged into this article or section. ... A Staffordshire stoneware plate from the 1850s with transferred copper print - (From the home of JL Runeberg) Stoneware is a category of clay and a type of pottery distinguished primarily by its firing and maturation temperature (from about 1200°C to 1315 °C). ... Household items made out of plastic. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... The rocky side of a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. ... Piece of A4 paper Paper is a thin material produced by the amalgamation of plant fibres, which are subsequently held together without extra binder, largely by hydrogen bonds and to a large degree by fiber entanglement. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The circled U indicates that this product is certified as kosher by the Orthodox Union (OU). ... A cup and saucer For information on flying saucers see unidentified flying objects. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ...

Some porcelain plates are decorative in nature and are meant to be collected and displayed rather than to be eaten from. // The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on a particular interest of the collector. ...

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