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The antique service plates were smaller, with 9 inches (23 cm) size and a 6–6.5 inches (15–17 cm) well, [10] due to different use: modern etiquette allows the use of the service plates for the main course in an informal dining arrangement (thus the larger well), while in the old times (and the modern formal dining) the service plate is only ...
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. It is a tray on which food is displayed and served to people. Its shape can be oval, round, octagonal, rectangular, or square.
The Middle Ages, Everyday Life in Medieval Europe by Jeffrey L. Singman (Sterling publishers) offers the following observation: "The place setting also included a trencher, a round slice of bread from the bottom or the top of an old loaf, having a hard crust and serving as a plate. After the meal, the sauce-soaked trenchers were probably ...
Serving plate with flow blue transfer printing, c. 1890 Two versions of the "Britannia" lavatory bowl, 1890s - 1905. Johnson Brothers was a British tableware manufacturer and exporter that was noted for its early introduction of "semi-porcelain" tableware.
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10"x13" ironstone serving platter made by T. & R. BOOTE, Burslem, c1870. Ironstone was patented by the British potter Mason in 1813. [13] His father, Miles Mason (1752–1822) married the daughter of Richard Farrar, who had a business selling imported Oriental porcelain in London.