American glassware, old and new : a sketch of the glass industry in the United States and manual for collectors of historical bottles (1900)
Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 · Philadelphia : Patterson & White Co. · leaf 101
GLASS CUP-PLATES. … olden times it was considered quite proper to drink from the saucer, and the custom prevailed in all classes of society. Then, at a later day, when the good housewife began to look upon saucer-drinking as bad form in table etiquette, we can recall these same diminutive teacup-plates, both in glass…
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