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All The Stuff: Nut Dishes and Nut Cups

By: Cheri October 18, 2020November 1, 2020

All The Stuff, Tablesettingsetiquette, luncheon, nut cups, paper ephemera, silver, table settings

Nut dishes are another item we rarely see on tables today, despite the fact they were used well into the 1980’s. Really coming into use during the high Victorian period, Nut dishes or nut cups were placed on the table in front of the place setting or in between place settings. Filled with nuts or…

All The Stuff: Chocolate Spoons

By: Cheri March 29, 2020December 8, 2023

All The Stuff, Coffee, Drinks, Etiquette, Tablesettingsdrinking chocolate, etiquette, hot chocolate, silver, table settings, tableware

Victorian’s liked to have a tool for every purpose. Chocolate spoons were used with drinking chocolate or what we would now call hot chocolate. Victorian’s loved drinking chocolate so much there are reports of milk chocolate, dark chocolate and even white chocolate being melted and served warm. Chocolate sets also contained a muddler spoon. This was a…