The humble butter dish is much more than an aesthetically pleasing kitchen accessory. It keeps your butter fresh on the kitchen side, meaning you can have glorious, spreadable butter whenever you please. By not keeping your butter in the fridge, you never have to contend with hard lumps of butter on your morning toast and your butter will stay tasting like, well, butter, rather than the contents of your fridge. Butter dishes also make excellent host gifts. Choose one in a matching or complementary colour to their kitchen and they're sure to love it.
Below, House & Garden's decoration coordinator, Elena Smintina, puts on a spread of smart designs, which cover all bases. From artist-made butter dishes with glazes reminiscent of the sunrise, to playful, circus-inspired picks, there's a dish for everyone in our edit.
