Leaf Tray by Arthur Court

The stem curls up at one end like a handle, and every leaflet points the same way home.

This leaf tray is by Arthur Court, made around 1977, in cast aluminum. Designers working in cast aluminum often turned to leaves, shells and animals, letting a natural outline become the shape of a serving dish. A palm frond sweeps into a crescent, with a smooth, rising stem at one end and a fan of pointed leaflets toward the other. Each leaflet is ridged down the center and slightly separated from its neighbor. The metal has a warm pewter gray tone. It is 17 inches wide, 8 deep and 10.5 high.

Shade from the tropics, available for fruit.