spoontray
spoontray noun: a tray for spoons.
Noun
spoontray (plural spoontrays)
- A tray for spoons.
- A further complete article, a shaped-edged spoontray, has a clear incised cross on the underside, affording further proof that the incised cross marks were workmen's signs rather than factory marks and that they can occur on practically any eighteenth-century porcelain.1969, Geoffrey A. Godden, “Some unexpected finds at Caughley :1”, in L[eonard] G[erald] G[wynne] Ramsey, editor, The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, volume 171, London: The...
- This is the orthodox shape of spoontray at Worcester, introduced in about 1756 and continuing into the 1780s. From the early 1770s onwards, the standard lobed spoontray tends to have more steeply angled sides and becomes slightly larger in size. A lozenge-shaped spoontray was introduced from about...1984, Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, Minneapolis, Minn.: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, London, →ISBN, page 63
Examples of spoontray in a sentence
- This is the orthodox shape of spoontray at Worcester, introduced in about 1756 and continuing into the 1780s.1984, Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, Minneapolis, Minn.: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with...
- Among shapes so far discovered are teapots, mugs, jugs, coffee cups, bowls, plates, sauceboats and a spoontray.1985, Martin Miller, Judith Miller, compilers, Miller’s Antiques Price Guide 1986, volume VII, Maidstone, Kent: M.J.M. Publications Ltd....
Forms of spoontray
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Origin of spoontray
From spoon + tray.
Questions about spoontray
- What does spoontray mean?
- Spoontray means a tray for spoons.
- How do you use spoontray in a sentence?
- This is the orthodox shape of spoontray at Worcester, introduced in about 1756 and continuing into the 1780s.
- What part of speech is spoontray?
- Spoontray is a noun.
- What is the plural of spoontray?
- The plural of spoontray is spoontrays.
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