单词 | compotier |
释义 | compotiern. = comport n.2; also, a dish for stewed fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand compotier1755 comport1771 cake stand1829 curate's comfort1898 curate's delight1898 curate's friend1898 compote1904 curate1914 α. β. 1764 Felix Farley's Jrnl. 22 Dec. in Pountney Old Bristol Potteries (1920) 225 Matchless pieces of the fine Chelsea in Figures, Dishes, Plates, Comportiers.1822 Auction Catal. Fonthill Abbey 31 Two old Derby montephs... Nine comportiers of the same.1822 Auction Catal. Fonthill Abbey 66 2 rich Japan comportiers.c1832 in E. A. Barber Pottery & Porcelain U.S. (1893) 150 Gravy boats..square comforts..high comporteers..cake stands.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6897 Dessert comportiers, with parian supports.1755 in W. King Chelsea Porcelain (1922) 71 One oval scollop'd compotier, 2 large scollop'd ditto, 2 heart-shaped ditto, and 4 nurl'd. 1776 Pennsylvania Ledger 20 Apr. Joseph Stansbury..is selling off..his baking dishes, compotiers, pudding dishes [etc.]. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 720/1 Centre pieces, compotiers, dessert plates, &c., chased, painted, and gilt. 1856 J. C. Robinson Invent. Objects Mus. Ornamental Art 36 Oval-shaped ‘Compotiere’. 1862 Rec. Internat. Exhib. 419 b The introduction of parian for decorative purposes in centre-pieces, compotieres, &c., is Messrs. Minton's forte. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 740/2 Over the edge of a white compotier hung..grapes. 1885 A. H. Church Eng. Porcelain 51 One of the most popular of all the ornamental pieces made in English china factories during the last century is the ‘shell centre-piece’, or compotier, for the dessert table. It consisted of from one to five tiers of scallops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1755 |
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