tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post8615888165083761481..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A table setting for dessert, 18th century styleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79104202910752397332012-06-07T13:28:54.286-04:002012-06-07T13:28:54.286-04:00what is the name of that serving dish with the fru...what is the name of that serving dish with the fruit?? impressive!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052080882886879580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47602543394380131552012-06-01T12:27:52.431-04:002012-06-01T12:27:52.431-04:00Anonymous, Susan offered a history of the fork a w...Anonymous, Susan offered a history of the fork a while back:<br />http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2010/04/foreign-curiosity-of-fork.htmlLorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-57125770013891991702012-05-31T21:39:13.196-04:002012-05-31T21:39:13.196-04:00I just want the dinnerware. :o)I just want the dinnerware. :o)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-78659817722962277902012-05-31T09:27:01.293-04:002012-05-31T09:27:01.293-04:00I've always been told that the tablecloth was ...I've always been told that the tablecloth was removed between the last of the main courses and dessert, so dessert was served on a bare table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82444148059906336502012-05-30T12:11:13.524-04:002012-05-30T12:11:13.524-04:00Great post. Mount Vernon displays a great dinning ...Great post. Mount Vernon displays a great dinning table in George and Martha's main dining room. They have hand blown glass blue colbalt "bowls' on the table at each place setting. They refer to them as "rinser's". Maybe you can get pics on line of it to show?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-32638299670468572942012-05-30T10:49:55.561-04:002012-05-30T10:49:55.561-04:00I thought eating from your knife was considered co...I thought eating from your knife was considered coarse? Is that a Victorianism?Isobel Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153722955365985930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-56384874210155702762012-05-30T08:06:19.260-04:002012-05-30T08:06:19.260-04:00It may have been "unserved" but the swee...It may have been "unserved" but the sweets bowls and plates were very handsome. I love the porcelain.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-62338502207231173962012-05-30T07:01:36.869-04:002012-05-30T07:01:36.869-04:00The history of forks is more interesting than that...The history of forks is more interesting than that of knives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80531349504533247062012-05-30T06:56:13.673-04:002012-05-30T06:56:13.673-04:00So elegant!So elegant!Susan Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196578772207133725noreply@blogger.com