spice-platen.
Now Historical.
A small plate or dish formerly used for holding spice.
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spice-plate1391
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maple dish1637
cheese platea1665
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reaming dish1712
paper plate1723
pickle leaf1762
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supper1787
vegetable dish1799
well-dish1814
ice plate1820
pudding plate1838
tea plate1862
picnic plate1885
strawberry dish1941
1391 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 100 Pro ijbus spyceplates argenteis.
1391 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 100 Pro factura de les spyceplates.
1415 in Kal. & Inv. Treas. (1836) III. 367 .ii. spiceplates d'argent.
1459 Paston Lett. I. 469 Item, j. spice plate, well gilt like a double rose.
1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 146 A spice plate of Spanysshe worke.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 385 The Frenche king gaue to him an Owche and spice Plate of Golde of a great weight.
1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xv. 346 (note) The spice, for this mixture, was served, often separately, in what they called a spice-plate.
1884 Leisure Hour June 374/1 The marshal of the hall..bearing the grace-cup and spice-plate of his lord.
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