potato ringn.

Brit.

/pəˈteɪtəʊ ˌrɪŋ/, U.S.

/pəˈteɪdoʊ ˌrɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: potato n., ring n.¹

Etymology: < potato n. + ring n.¹ The name was apparently given to the rings long after the period of their manufacture, on the (almost certainly unfounded) assumption that they were used specifically either to support a bowl containing potatoes or even to hold together a pile of potatoes.

historical.

A name given to an 18th- or 19th-century Irish dish ring, a hoop of silver often elaborately chased or decorated with pierced and repoussé work, and used as a stand for a circular bowl or the like.

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1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 810/1 A characteristic feature was ‘the potato-ring.’ This was of silver, richly chased, and was used to support the great bowl in which potatoes were then brought to table.

1893 Times 9 June 10/4 A number of old Irish potato-rings—one pierced with cage-pattern—45^s per oz.

1906 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 121 Two candles, in early Hanoverian candle~sticks, lit up the celebrated potato-ring in the centre of the table.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 350/4 Certain characteristic features of Irish silver, notably the so-called ‘potato’ rings made in large numbers in Dublin from about 1760 to 1820.

1968 Canad. Antiques Collector Sept. 22/1 Delicate piercing [of silverware] might be suited to cake baskets, the so-called ‘potato’ rings, bottle coasters or the gallery of a tray.

1973 Country Life 8 Mar. 608/2 Irish Silver in the Rococo Period will..get out of his [sc. the average Englishman's] head that so-called potato rings have anything to do with potatoes... The fact is that such things are dish rings.

2004 Stonnington Leader (Australia) (Nexis) 21 July 9 An Irish silver potato ring worth $1000.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potato ring
释义	potato ringn. Brit. /pəˈteɪtəʊ ˌrɪŋ/, U.S. /pəˈteɪdoʊ ˌrɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: potato n., ring n.¹ Etymology: < potato n. + ring n.¹ The name was apparently given to the rings long after the period of their manufacture, on the (almost certainly unfounded) assumption that they were used specifically either to support a bowl containing potatoes or even to hold together a pile of potatoes. historical. A name given to an 18th- or 19th-century Irish dish ring, a hoop of silver often elaborately chased or decorated with pierced and repoussé work, and used as a stand for a circular bowl or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table pewter1426 warnera1552 nef1567 pewtery1645 hollow-ware1682 equipage1683 flatware1686 napkin ring1686 pewterware1738 egg cup1773 dish-rim1774 butter cooler1784 dish-cross1785 argyll1789 toast-rack1801 centrepiece1836 table centrepiece1850 silverware1862 doily1864 table centre1865 potato ring1888 egg-cosy1894 sandwich flag1907 cheese board1916 Lazy Susan1917 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 810/1 A characteristic feature was ‘the potato-ring.’ This was of silver, richly chased, and was used to support the great bowl in which potatoes were then brought to table. 1893 Times 9 June 10/4 A number of old Irish potato-rings—one pierced with cage-pattern—45^s per oz. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 121 Two candles, in early Hanoverian candle~sticks, lit up the celebrated potato-ring in the centre of the table. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 350/4 Certain characteristic features of Irish silver, notably the so-called ‘potato’ rings made in large numbers in Dublin from about 1760 to 1820. 1968 Canad. Antiques Collector Sept. 22/1 Delicate piercing [of silverware] might be suited to cake baskets, the so-called ‘potato’ rings, bottle coasters or the gallery of a tray. 1973 Country Life 8 Mar. 608/2 Irish Silver in the Rococo Period will..get out of his [sc. the average Englishman's] head that so-called potato rings have anything to do with potatoes... The fact is that such things are dish rings. 2004 Stonnington Leader (Australia) (Nexis) 21 July 9 An Irish silver potato ring worth $1000. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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