SC - Poppa's mustard

[Elaine Koogler]

>Greetings!
>
>I'm looking for images of a particular type of wooden
>trencher used in the 16th century: the primary characteristic
>of the type is that it has poetry or Biblical quotations and
>painted decorations on the bottom; the top should be of plain
>wood.  It was used for serving fruit, and is sometimes
>referred to as a "roundel."
>
>If you could refer me to specific books or even a museum
>website with pictures of this sort of trencher, I'd be very grateful.
>
>With thanks,
>Elianora Mathewes
>


Hello!  There are some pictured in "Fabulous Feasts".  Ms. Cosman says
these are in the Pierpont Morgan Library collection in NY.  "Banquetting
Stuffe" also has sketches of 2.

HTH,


Cindy Renfrow
cindy at thousandeggs.com
Author & Publisher of "Take a Thousand Eggs or More, A Collection of 15th
Century Recipes" and "A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing
Recipes"
http://www.thousandeggs.com