Honey Dish

Posted by Judy on April 8, 2012, 11:04 pm
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Does anyone know if honey dishes were also used as cup plates?

Re: Honey Dish

Posted by Judy on April 9, 2012, 8:49 am, in reply to "Honey Dish"
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Hi Judy: I seriously doubt that a honey dish would have been meant to be used as a cup plate. The honey dishes I have seen are deeper than cup plates, even the Early Victorian styles. The Victorians had a dish for just about everything,especially in the Late Victorian period. That doesn't mean that people didn't "double up" on using plates however they saw fit to use it. Judy Boyer Maybe someone else will see this message and how more input. Thanks for the inquiry.

Re: Honey Dish

Posted by Judy on April 9, 2012, 11:08 am, in reply to "Re: Honey Dish"
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Hi Judy Thanks for your imput....I thought honey would have been placed in a syrup jar to pour, rather than spoon, since honey can be rather messy.

Re: Honey Dish

Posted by Judy Boyer on April 10, 2012, 8:35 am, in reply to "Re: Honey Dish"
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Hi again: if you do a search on honey dishes on the internet and look at the images, there are all sorts of different shapes: open and with lids. I would prefer a closed container: keeps bugs and bees out!

Re: Honey Dish

Posted by Jan on April 15, 2012, 2:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Honey Dish"
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Hi Judy, I have a set of 1843 KREMLIN honey dishes. They are 4 3/4 inches in diameter and 1 inch to the top of the edge of the dish. There is a definite difference in it from a cup plate as the cup plate is not as deep. Jan Kobach