Meaning of spoontray | Babel Free

Definitions

A tray for spoons.

Examples

“A further complete⟳ article, a shaped-edged spoontray, has a clear incised cross on the underside, affording further proof that the incised cross marks were workmen's signs rather than factory marks and that they can occur⟳ on practically any eighteenth-century porcelain.”

“This is the orthodox shape⟳ of spoontray at Worcester, introduced in about 1756 and continuing into the 1780s. From the early 1770s onwards, the standard lobed spoontray tends to have⟳ more steeply angled sides and becomes slightly larger in size. A lozenge-shaped spoontray was introduced from about 1760 to 1765 but this seems to have⟳ been only in conjunction with moulded patterns, cf. No.84.”

“Among shapes so far discovered are teapots, mugs, jugs, coffee cups, bowls, plates, sauceboats and a spoontray.”

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