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Saliere ou Poivriere

12 April 2013

Just in from France on the Spring canoes …Item 30 [Planche II, Diderot, attelier de fayancerie.] Une saliere ou poivriere à l'usage des tables, faite pour contenir l'un & l'autre....

Cabarets - a footed tray

24 January 2013

Footed trays were called cabarets and were used in the service of coffee, tea and chocolate. The Chocolate Girl, Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1745 Le bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat,Blegny,...

The Way of Ordering a Dessert or Regalio

17 December 2012

A Banquet of Sweet-meats is said to be dress'd upon a Level, when disposed of upon China-dishes, and Machines made of Wood, or Osier-twigs, having a great Board in the middle, in form...