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Bone Dish
A bone dish is a piece of tableware designed to nestle against a round plate. They are crescent shaped and were commonly used in the 19th century to hold fish or chicken bones discarded from the diner's main plate. Their shape also makes them convenient to use as a side plate to serve a cold salad with hot food. History Bone dishes were widely used in the 19th century but they gradually fell out of use, becoming unfashionable by the 1920s. At the peak of their popularity, diners at fine Victorian restaurants would sometimes receive a bone dish as a souvenir A souvenir ( French for 'a remembrance or memory'), memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. A souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and trans ... of their visit. The shape of bone dishes varied widely, from simple crescent shapes to more complex fluted or novelty designs. References {{cite book , last=Heaivilin , fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bone Dish With Color Transfer Image Of The Palace Of Manufactures
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of Bourbon Restoration in France, monarchist France from 1815 to July Revolution, 1830, and of the White movement, monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
