SC - Re: Trenchers Request
RuddR at aol.com
RuddR at aol.com
Fri Jun 16 07:01:36 PDT 2000
Elianora Mathewes writes:
> 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.
There is a fine picture by Georg Flegel, German, ca. 1600s showing lots of
goodies a stack of roundels, glasses and plates, some spoons and a nice
knife, at:
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/f/p-flegel3.htm
Rudd Rayfield
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