What item of tableware was introduced into England by Thomas Coryat in 1608
"Thomas Coryat Thomas Coryat (also Coryate) (c. 1577 – 1617) was an English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. He is principally remembered for two volumes of writings he left regarding his travels, often on foot, through Europe and parts of Asia. He is often credited with introducing the table fork to England, with ""Furcifer"" (Latin: fork-bearer, rascal) becoming one of his nicknames. His description of how the Italians shielded themselves from the sun resulted in the word ""umbrella"" being introduced into English. Coryat was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, and lived most of his life"
"author of ""Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c'"" (1611) and court jester of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, is credited with introducing the table fork and umbrella to England and being the first Briton to do a Grand Tour of Europe. Other notable figures include Gertrude Bell, an explorer, archaeologist, mapper and spy, who, along with T. E. Lawrence, helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan and Iraq and played a major role in establishing and administering the modern state of Iraq; Richard Francis Burton, who travelled in disguise to"
"English by Thomas Coryat in a volume of writings on his Italian travels (1611), but for many years it was viewed as an unmanly Italian affectation. Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use, St. Peter Damian seeing it as ""excessive delicacy"": It was not until the 18th century that the fork became commonly used in Great Britain, although some sources say that forks were common in France, England and Sweden already by the early 17th century. The fork did not become popular in North America until near the time of the American Revolution. The curved"
"King's Table The King’s Table was a carved stone table that was a symbol of royal power in England. The table was used by monarchs from the 13th century onward for coronation feasts and state banquets. Edward I, the king who took the Stone of Scone from Scotland, was the first English monarch recorded to have used it. The mid 13th-century style of carving means that the table could date back to Henry III. Henry VIII used the table for feasts after his marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The King's Table was broken into pieces by Oliver"
"a lidded box containing a chamber pot - became popular in Elizabethan times as they were much more convenient than a trip to an outside privy. The table is set for dinner with its lovely pewter tableware and napery, real status symbols for the Parry family who added this room and the little ensuite next to it in about 1620. Tableware includes: pewter candlesticks, plates and porringers, a pewter ewer (or jug) and a basin for hand-washing before and after meals, a pair of ""facon de Venise"" drinking glasses, Bellarmines salt glazed stoneware flagons and Rhineland imported drinking jugs. This"
"and intellectual he considered himself. The extent to which Coryat invited such ridicule in pursuit of patronage and court favor is unclear. Among other things, Coryat's book introduced the use of the fork to England and, in its support of continental travel, helped to popularize the idea of the Grand Tour that rose in popularity later in the century. The book also included what is likely the earliest English rendering of the legend of William Tell. The work is particularly important to music historians for giving extraordinary details of the activities of the Venetian School, one of the most famous"
"are scarce and have higher values, such as the ""Bon Bon Dish"" and the ""Cadenza Teapot"" which may be the rarest item in the range. Items in red on white are also known. Homemaker tableware ""Homemaker"" tableware was a range of mass-produced tableware that was very popular in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 60s. The pattern was designed by Enid Seeney (2 June 1931 - 8 April 2011), manufactured by Ridgway Potteries of Stoke-on-Trent between 1957 and 1970, (1968 according to the Victoria & Albert Museum), and initially sold exclusively through Woolworth's stores. The first prototype was a"
"and royalty including Queen Victoria. His 1846 book ""The Modern Cook"" ran through 29 editions by 1896, popularising an elaborate cuisine described throughout with French terminology, and offering bills of fare for up to 300 people. Three of the major hot drinks popular in England, tea, coffee, and chocolate, originated from outside Europe and were already staple items by Victorian times. Catherine of Braganza brought the Portuguese habit of tea to England around 1660. Initially, its expense restricted it to wealthy consumers, but the price gradually dropped, until by the 19th century its use was widespread. Introduced in the 16th"
"Henry VIII's writing desk Henry VIII's writing desk is a portable writing desk, made in about 1525-6 for Henry VIII. It is currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The desk is a product of the royal workshops and is lavishly embellished with ornamental motifs introduced to the Kingdom of England by continental artists. The gilded leather lining is painted with figures and profile heads that are close in style to contemporary portrait miniatures, while the figures of Mars in armour and Venus with cupid are taken from woodcuts by the German artist Hans Burgkmair (1473-1531), which were published in"
"his marriage, and one in 1284 to celebrate his conquest of Wales; and is recorded as sponsoring several as late as 1304. One artefact that has survived from this fashion in England is the ""Winchester Round Table"" in the Great Hall at Winchester Castle. The timber of this table has been dated by dendrochronology to 1275, during Edward's reign, though a royal provenance is not proven so far. The present ""Winchester Round Table"" was painted in 1522 by order of King Henry VIII. The places at the table are divided up with alternating green and white panels with the name"
"of older date than the gift plate of Sir Nicholas Bacon; for the celebrated, gorgeous, hand-painted armorial device attached to a folio that once belonged to Henry VIII, and now is located in the King's library, British Museum, does not fall in the category of bookplates in its modern sense. The next is that of Sir Thomas Tresham, dated 1585. Until the last quarter of the 17th century the number of authentic English plates is very limited. Their composition is always remarkably simple, and displays nothing of the German elaborateness. They are as a rule very plainly armorial, and the"
"Howard 'Grace' Cup This richly mounted 'Grace' Cup would have been passed around the dinner table after prayers had been said. It is a survivor from the English Tudor Court. The ivory bowl is said to have belonged to Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in his cathedral in 1170. Such relics of England's favourite saint were treasured until the English Reformation. When the gilded silver mounts were commissioned in 1525, the engraver was instructed to incorporate the initials of TB and a mitre on the cover. These alternate with the pomegranate badge of Catherine of Aragon. The"
"currants were used, which in the English language were referred to as plums since around 1660. The various types of dried fruit (grapes, currants and raisins) were familiar to English kitchens through trade with The Levant and Mediterranean but before they became available through ""trouble-free"" imports from Australia, South Africa and California, preparing them required ""an immense amount of labour ... on account of the rough and ready methods by which the fruit was picked, dried, packed and exported"". In 1881 Colonel Henry-Herbert said that ""a good English plum cake...is a national institution"". At times, Thomas Carlyle was one among"
"Homemaker tableware ""Homemaker"" tableware was a range of mass-produced tableware that was very popular in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 60s. The pattern was designed by Enid Seeney (2 June 1931 - 8 April 2011), manufactured by Ridgway Potteries of Stoke-on-Trent between 1957 and 1970, (1968 according to the Victoria & Albert Museum), and initially sold exclusively through Woolworth's stores. The first prototype was a single plate displayed on the Ridgway stand at the 1956 Blackpool trade fair where it attracted little interest. A prototype coffee set was then produced which was noticed by a buyer from Woolworths"
"a minor artist, Henry Cooke, are now displayed in their place. Also on display are important collections of ceramics, including numerous pieces of blue and white porcelain collected by Queen Mary II, both Chinese imports and Delftware. Much of the original furniture dates from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, including tables by Jean Pelletier, ""India back"" walnut chairs by Thomas Roberts and clocks and a barometer by Thomas Tompion. Several state beds are still in their original positions, as is the Throne Canopy in the King's Privy Chamber. This room contains a crystal chandelier of circa 1700, possibly"
"Britain during the late Victorian era. According to the listing in ""Victorian Furniture"" by R. W. Symonds & B. B. Whineray and also in ""The Country Life Book of English Furniture"" by Edward T. Joy, a table designed by E. W. Godwin in 1868 and made in large numbers by William Watt, and Collinson and Lock, is a coffee table. If this is correct it may be one of the earliest made in Europe. Other sources, however, list it only as ""table"" so this can be stated categorically. Far from being a low table, this table was about twenty-seven inches"
"Coryat's Crudities Coryat's Crudities: Hastily gobled up in Five Moneth's Travels is a travelogue published in 1611 by Thomas Coryat of Odcombe, an English traveller and mild eccentric. The book is an account of a journey undertaken, much of it on foot, in 1608 through France, Italy, Germany, and other European countries. Coryat (sometimes also spelled ""Coryate"" or ""Coriat"") conceived of the 1,975-mile (3,175 km) voyage to Venice and back in order to write the subsequent travelogue dedicated to Henry, Prince of Wales, at whose court he was regarded as somewhat of a buffoon and jester, rather than the wit"
"Battersea Cauldron The Battersea Cauldron is a large bronze cooking vessel, dated to 800BC to 700BC. It is one of around 60 examples of similar Iron Age cauldrons found in Great Britain and Ireland. It stands high, has a diameter of , and a capacity of about . It was made from seven curved plates of bronze riveted together, forming a cooking vessel with a large round body and narrower neck. The opening flares out, strengthened with corrugations around the rim, which has a separate tubular binding. Two ring handles are attached to riveted straps. As a large vessel for"
"have come from the East. Tea was made fashionable in Britain in the 1660s after the marriage of King Charles II to the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza, who brought her liking for tea, originally from the colony of Macau, to the court. In 1543, Portuguese trade ships reached Japan and introduced refined sugar, valued there as a luxury good. Japanese lords enjoyed Portuguese confectionery so much it was remodelled in the now traditional Japanese ""konpeitō"" (candy), ""kasutera"" (sponge cake), and ""keiran somen"" (the Japanese version of Portuguese ""fios de ovos""; this dish is also popular in Thai cuisine under"
"""The ""Miscellany"" is probably best known today for its embroidery patterns, which make up nearly one hundred pages of the volume."" The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 has been featured in several Folger Shakespeare Library exhibitions, including: Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608, compiled by Thomas Trevelyon in London, England in 1608, is an illustrated manuscript miscellany containing handwritten notes and drawings (many hand-colored) on historical, religious, social and practical themes, adapted from a variety of sources, including the Bible and ancient and contemporary English writers. According to Dr. Heather Wolfe, Curator of Manuscripts and Archivist at the"
"Cornishware Cornishware is a striped kitchenware brand trademarked to and manufactured by T.G. Green & Co Ltd. Originally introduced in the 1920s and manufactured in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, it was a huge success for the company and in the succeeding 30 years it was exported around the world. The company ceased production in June 2007 when the factory closed under the ownership of parent company The Tabletop Group. The range was revived in 2009 after T.G. Green was bought by a trio of British investors. T.G. Green & Co was founded by Thomas Goodwin Green of Boston, Lincolnshire in around"
"lighter background, sometimes vice versa. Black and green slips were also used. According to the common practice of the time, these earthenwares were glazed with a galena lead oxide glaze, giving them their characteristic yellow tinge. Designs attributed to Thomas Toft include mermaids, unicorns, pelicans, but also King Charles II and his wife Queen Catherine of Braganza, and numerous coats of arms. A cross-hatched rim was fairly typical of the style. The Toft style, combined with the slip trailing technique, was firmly established in the Staffordshire area by the middle of the seventeenth century. Over thirty signed dishes have been"
"positioned in the center of a dining room, gradually took hold in France. These tables often had casters on the legs, so they could be moved more easily, and had an extra two legs in the center, so additional sections could be added to enlarge the table. Another type of table adapted from the British model was the guéridon, a small round table on a single column, with a base of three legs, often with small wheels or ""roulettes"". The German-born ""ebeniste"" David Roentgen made a small oval table with drawers that folded out in around 1780, It was crafted"
"English delftware English delftware is tin-glazed pottery made in the British Isles between about 1550 and the late 18th century. The main centres of production were London, Bristol and Liverpool with smaller centres at Wincanton, Glasgow and Dublin. English tin-glazed pottery was called ""galleyware"" and its makers ""gallypotters"" until the early 18th century; it was given the name delftware after the tin-glazed pottery from the Netherlands, which it often copied, but ""delftware"" is not usually capitalized. Many everyday wares were made: tiles, mugs, drug jars, dishes, wine bottles, posset pots, salt pots, candlesticks, fuddling cups (that is, ale mugs joined"
"continental counterparts. The earliest known piece with an English inscription is a dish dated 1600 in the London Museum. It is painted in blue, purple, green, orange and yellow and depicts the Tower of London and Old London Bridge, surrounded by the words, ""THE ROSE IS RED THE LEAVES ARE GRENE GOD SAVE ELIZABETH OUR QUEENE"" and an Italianate border of masks and leaves. The rim is decorated with dashes of blue and can be considered the first in series of large decorated dishes so painted and called blue-dash chargers. Blue-dash chargers, usually between about 25 and 35 cm in"
"in a set with a covered sugar container, formed a part of Victorian table service. The teaspoon is first mentioned in an advertisement in a 1686 edition of the ""London Gazette"". In some countries, a teaspoon (occasionally ""teaspoonful"") is a unit of volume, especially widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. In English it is abbreviated as ""tsp."" or, less often, as ""t."", ""ts."", or ""tspn."" The abbreviation is never capitalized because a capital letter is customarily reserved for the larger tablespoon (""Tbsp."", ""T."", ""Tbls."", or ""Tb.""). In German and Dutch teaspoon is abbreviated ""TL"", for ""Teelöffel"" and ""Theelepel"""
"A ridge divides the bowl in half, creating grooves into which the Archbishop of Canterbury dips two fingers and anoints the monarch, confirming him or her as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Originally, the spoon may have been used for mixing water and wine in a chalice, and it was first used to anoint a monarch at the English coronation of James I in 1603. It is the oldest surviving piece of regalia, first recorded in the Royal Collection in 1349 as ""a spoon of ancient form"", and was probably made for Henry II or Richard I. In"
"both as devout Roman Catholics and as art collectors. It descended through successive generations of the family until it was bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1931. Howard 'Grace' Cup This richly mounted 'Grace' Cup would have been passed around the dinner table after prayers had been said. It is a survivor from the English Tudor Court. The ivory bowl is said to have belonged to Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in his cathedral in 1170. Such relics of England's favourite saint were treasured until the English Reformation. When the gilded silver mounts were commissioned"
"in order to enable it to be used for this purpose. Statues and figures are mentioned in his revised patent of 1684, although he does not seem to have produced any after this date, almost all the known examples having been made in the 1670s. The names of the modellers of the sculptures are not known. John Dwight (potter) John Dwight (died 1703) was an English ceramic manufacturer, who founded the Fulham Pottery and pioneered the production of stoneware in England. He is now thought to have been born in the years 1633 to 1636 at Todenham in Gloucestershire, the"
"date or country of manufacture. There is no such difficulty with the most famous jewel in the collection, the Lyte Jewel, which was made in London and presented to Thomas Lyte of Lytes Cary, Somerset in 1610 by King James I of England, who loved large jewels, and giving them to others. Lyte was not a regular at court, but he had drawn up a family tree tracing James's descent back to the legendary Trojan, Brut. The jewel contains a miniature portrait of the king by Nicholas Hilliard, though for conservation reasons this is now removed from the jewel. Lyte"
"turned to a paste, keeping the marmalade much brighter and the appearance more translucent, as in modern-day marmalade. The Scots moved marmalade to the breakfast table, and in the 19th century the English followed the Scottish example and abandoned the eating of marmalade in the evening. Marmalade's place in British life appears in literature. James Boswell remarks that he and Samuel Johnson were offered it at breakfast in Scotland in 1773. When American writer Louisa May Alcott visited Britain in the 1800s, she described ""a choice pot of marmalade and a slice of cold ham"" as ""essentials of English table"
"Wenlok jug The Wenlok jug or Wenlock jug is a rare surviving example of an English bronze jug from the 15th century, with great significance for the study of bronze working in medieval England. Only two similar jugs are known in the UK. The Wenlok jug is the smallest of the three, but bears the earliest maker's mark for the English founder - possibly a bell founder - who cast it. The other examples are the Asante Ewer, which retains its lid and is held by the British Museum having been found at Kumai in the Gold Coast in 1896"
"master potter Thomas Whieldon with coloured stains under the glaze. It served as an inexpensive substitute for the soft-paste porcelains being developed by contemporary English manufactories, initially in competition with Chinese export porcelains. It was often made in the same fashionable and refined styles as porcelain. The most notable producer of creamware was Josiah Wedgwood, who perfected the ware, beginning during his partnership with Thomas Whieldon. Around 1779, he was able to lighten the cream colour to a bluish white by using cobalt in the lead overglaze. Wedgwood sold this more desirable product under the name ""pearl ware"". Wedgwood supplied"