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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 1943556, member: 85&quot;]<font size="4">As I understood it Comport was the dish that held the compote. Compote being the actual food.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">These are definitions from online dictionaries.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>COMPORT </b></font></p><p>a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>COMPOTE</b></p><p>1<b>: </b>a dessert of fruit cooked in syrup</p><p>2 <b>: </b>a bowl of glass, porcelain, or metal usually with a base and stem from which <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compotes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compotes" rel="nofollow">compotes</a>, fruits, nuts, or sweets are served[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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