Types of Crockery

Tableware
-Tableware is the dishes or dishware used for setting a table,serving food and for dining.

Meaning of crocery 
-tableware can be meant to include cutlery and glassware.the nature,variety and number of objects varies from culture to culture religions and cuisines.

Dinnerware
-dishes are usually made of ceramic materials such as earthenware,stoneware,bone china or porcelain.however can be made of other materials such as wood,pewter,silver,gold,glass,acrylic and plastic.


Bowls
-soup bowls,cereal bowls,pasta bowls,fruit bowls or dessert bowls

Plates
-dinner plates, lunch plates, dessert plates, salad plates or side plates
-including teacup saucers, coffee cup saucers, demitasse saucers, and cream soup saucers.

serving dishes

butter dishes

casseroles,ramekins or lidded serving bowls

comoptes

pitchers or jugs

platters including chop plates,salvers and trays

salt and pepper shakers, salt cellars

1. Sauce boats, gravy boat or small pitcher
2. Serving bowls including vegetable bowls and salad bowls
3. Sugar bowl and creamer
4. Teapot, coffee pot
5. Tureen
6. Tajine

Drinkware

-Mugs, coffee or tea mugs, and chocolate mugs.
-Wine glasses, port glasses, beer glasses, brandy glasses, aperitif and liqueur glasses
-Water glasses, juice glasses, teacups, coffee cups, and demitasse cups

BOWL

- A bowl is a round, open-top container used in many cultures to serve food, and is also used for drinking and storing other items.

- They are typically small and shallow, although some, such as punch bowls and salad bowls, are larger and often intended to serve many people.

PLATE

- A plate is a broad, concave, but mainly flat vessel on which food can be served.

- A plate can also be used for ceremonial or decorative purposes.

Shape

- A plate is composed of:

• The well, the bottom of the plate, where food is placed.
• The lip, the outer edge of the plate (sometimes falsely called rim. It can be flat (like a pizza plate); or inverted (slanting down); or everted (more common, slanting up)
• The rim, which is actually the lip seen in profile - the opening of the vessel; sometimes with a gilded line.
• The base, which is sometimes used interchangeably with 'well', but actually refers to the underside.

Materials

- Plates are commonly made from ceramic materials such as bone china, porcelain, and stoneware, as well as other materials like plastic, glass, or metal; occasionally, wood or carved stone is used.

Size and Types

- Plates for serving food come in a variety of sizes and types, such as:

• Saucer - a small plate with an indentation for a cup
• Appetizer, dessert, salad plate, and side plates - vary in size from 4 to 9 inches
• Bread and butter plate - small (about 6-7 inches) for individual servings
• Dinner plates - large (10-12 inches), including buffet plates which tend to be larger (11-14 inches)
• Platters - over sized dishes from which food for several people may be distributed at table
• Decorative plates - for display rather than used for food. Commemorative plates have designs reflecting a particular theme.
• Charger - a decorative plate placed under a separate plate used to hold food, larger (13-14 inches)

Plates can be any shape, but almost all have a rim to prevent food from falling off the edge. They are often white or off-white, but can be any color, including patterns and artistic designs. Many are sold in sets of identical plates, so everyone at a table can have matching tableware. Styles include:

• Round - the most common shape, especially for dinner plates and saucers
• Square - more common in Asian traditions like sushi plates or bento, and to add modern style.
• Coupe - a round dish with a smooth, round, steep curve up to the rim (as opposed to rims that curve up then flatten out)
• Food-themed artwork is common

PLATTER (DISHWARE)

- A platter is a large type of dishware used for serving food.

-  It is a tray on which food is displayed and served to people.

- Its shape can be oval, round, rectangular, or square. It can be made of metal, ceramic, or plastic.

- Plain and ornate platters suitable for more formal settings or occasions are made of, or plated with, silver, and antique examples are considered quite valuable.

- Especially expensive and ceremonial platters have been made of gold.

SAUCER

-  A saucer is a type of small dishware.

-  currently the term is used to denote a small plate or shallow bowl that supports a cup – usually one used to serve coffee or tea (see teacup).

- The center of the saucer often contains a depression sized to fit a mating cup; this depression is sometimes raised, and antique saucers may omit it altogether. 

- The saucer is useful for protecting surfaces from possible damage due to the heat of a cup, and to catch overflow, splashes, and drips from the cup, thus protecting both table linen and the user sitting in a free-standing chair who holds both cup and saucer. 

- The saucer also provides a convenient place for a damp spoon, as might be used to stir the drink in the cup in order to mix sweeteners or creamers into tea or coffee.

- Although often part of a place setting in a dinner set, teacups with unique styling are often sold with matching saucers, sometimes alone, or as part of a tea set, including a teapot and small dessert plates.

- A set of four is typical for a tea set. Some people also drink their tea out of saucers to cool it down.