Appetizers travel better on small plates. The Beaumys Assorted Canape Plates come as a set of four, giving each guest something to hold that is sized for two bites rather than a meal, and the designs differ from one another, with embossed references to Venice's famous lace, its gardens and its architecture. The plates are made in Italy's Veneto region from Terra Marrone, a strong earthenware clay, and finished by hand in a regional ceramic tradition that has never been easy to imitate, so the detail varies within the set as well as across it. They work as a bread plate, a dessert course for something small, a saucer for a jam jar at breakfast. Dishwasher and microwave safe, this handmade Italian serveware is an easy gift, and good enough to use on the days nobody is visiting.
