There are two design options, both available from The Longship in Kirkwall.
About the trays
- High quality tea trays
- 43 x 33 cm – a good seize for a tea tray
- Durable – 5 years of wear and tear
- Hygienic, dishwasher safe
- Both decorative and functional
- Designed in Orkney using hydrographic charts of the Orkney Islands and Scapa Flow
- Made in Sweden using high quality birch ply with melamine
- Finest Scandinavian birch wood from renewable forest, from single sheets of wood – no joins
- Manufacturer certified for ISO 14001 Environmental Management: “the world’s most recognized environmental management standard”
What is ‘skaill’?
The word skaill is used in many places in Orkney and elsewhere in Scotland, and has Viking origins:
- skáli – a shelter or dwelling
- skáli (Norse) – usually applied to a shed or a hut for temporary use
- skaill – to empty, spill, shed, disperse, scatter, applied to birds, to scatter with their bills
- skail – a thin shallow vessel, resembling a saucer, made of tin or wood, for skimming the cream off milk
…’of skaill’ suggests safety, warmth, and an idea of plenty – both a protecting umbrella and a wide scattering of comfort and care.
Charts and maps end up in cupboards, but these trays will remind you every day… of the clear air, blue ocean and sparkling islands of the Orkney archipelago…