The 10 Best Turkey Platters for Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Composite of turkey platters — Photo:
Courtesy of Amazon, Pottery Barn, Bloomingdale's

You spend time and effort brining, roasting, and carving your Thanksgiving turkey. Sure, you could serve your perfectly browned bird straight from the carving board, but in our opinion, a beautiful turkey platter gives it the platform it deserves. Maybe you inherited a platter but want to try a different look this year, or maybe you've always wanted to purchase a special turkey plate you can look forward to taking out year after year. Now's the time to invest in a classic or to find one that suits your own tradition.

In addition to the price point, consider how much work you want to put into cleaning and storing your turkey platter:

Stoneware is generally dishwasher-safe and less expensive than porcelain.
Some porcelain needs to be hand-washed; it ranges in price based on how delicate it is and whether or not it is hand-painted.
Aluminum has the beautiful look of more expensive pewter but needs to be hand-washed.
Silver requires hand washing, special storage, and regular polishing.

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Sur La Table Thanksgiving Turkey Oval Platter

This earthenware platter features a turkey and pumpkin scene reminiscent of a watercolor painting. Pair it with its matching gravy boat and dinner plates to complete the look.

$45 at Sur La Table

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Pottery Barn Botanical Harvest Turkey Serving Platter

Vivid colors make this turkey platter come alive with bespoke botanical details. Gold-rim detailing completes the platter for an elevated touch.

$70 at Pottery Barn

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Pottery Barn French Perle Carved Turkey Platter

If you're looking for a more neutral platter that still brings a Thanksgiving theme to your table, this white-glazed stoneware turkey platter is just the thing. Both elevated and whimsical, this platter is also dishwasher-safe, making cleanup a snap.

$169 at Pottery Barn

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Spode Woodland 3 Piece Turkey Sauce Boat and Platter

This beautifully traditional turkey platter features a turkey surrounded by a floral motif. The platter comes with a sauce boat and saucer, and these pieces are part of a larger collection should you want to build your harvest tablescape around this turkey platter.

$520 at Macy's

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Vagabond House Turkey Aluminum Tray

This unique aluminum tray is crafted with a sculptural turkey, making quite a statement on your holiday table. Since it's fully made from aluminum, it's hand-wash only but will likely last for years to come.

$552 at Bloomingdales

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Sur La Table Thanksgiving Turkey Oval Serving Platter

A colorful turkey in a bucolic farm scene sets the mood for this classic platter that would mix and match well with other traditional harvest dinnerware. We love that this relatively delicate stoneware platter has the look of more expensive porcelain but is affordable and dishwasher-safe. The oval platter is 19½ inches long.

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Juliska Forest Walk Oval Platter

Juliska Forest Walk 17" Oval Platter — Courtesy of Bloomingdale's

If a turkey platter with a full turkey on it feels a bit too traditional (or too literal) for your taste, consider this botanical take. Juliska's Forest Walk pattern looks beautiful all year but has a definite harvest feel with the feathers, acorns, and berries. Pull colors from the rim of this 17-inch oval platter to choose dishware and linens for the rest of your table: rich, deep reds, subtle grays, and flax would look equally flattering.

$175 at Bloomingdales

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Mud Pie Watercolor Turkey Platter

Say you want to take your Thanksgiving table in a brighter, less conventional direction. This 20-inch watercolor platter gives you a soft, subtle palette of blues, greens, and earthy pinks to pull from. We love how it pops against a wooden farm table or a colored tablecloth, so you can go as casual as you like, too. Just hand wash it to maintain the design and glaze.

Buy on for $68

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Williams-Sonoma Plymouth Extra Large Platter

Plymouth Turkey Extra Large Serving Platter — Courtesy of Williams Sonoma

Bring on that 20-pound bird! This 17 3/4-by-21½-inch platter is wider than the other options and can hold the turkey and its accompaniments. The design is inspired by 18th-century porcelain patterns like Spode's, but here, it's simplified to focus solely on the star of the show: the turkey.

Though this serving platter is made of glazed porcelain, it isn't too delicate and can work as hard as you do on Thanksgiving: It's oven-safe up to 570 degrees Fahrenheit (although we don't expect you'll need it unless you're making Thanksgiving pizza?)—and it can go in the freezer and dishwasher.

$140 at Williams-Sonoma

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Arthur Court Oval Turkey Platter

Arthur Court Designs Aluminum Harvest Turkey Oval Platter Food Serving Tray Thanksgiving Holiday Theme Metal Artisan Quality Hand Polished Tarnish-Free 21.5 inch x 16 inch — Courtesy of Amazon

Arthur Court's pewter-look aluminum is ultra collectible and surprisingly utilitarian: This piece can go in the fridge, freezer, and oven up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, plenty hot to warm up slices of turkey before you sit down to dinner. Best of all, aluminum goes with any color palette—and there are adorable (and very realistic looking) three-dimensional turkey-shaped place card holders to match.

$146 at Amazon

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