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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 138991, member: 44&quot;]As to Bobbitt, I could go on and on and on and on with the humor, but will refrain from being booted off the forum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is a celery serving tray/stand! Most celery stands are a tall flared glass goblet-like inserted onto a silver stand; however, many were made as narrow rectangles with rounded bottom serving trays/baskets. I&#039;m having a hard time finding one now. There are a couple pictured in Rainwater&#039;s <i>American Silverplate</i>, p. 319. Rainwater says &quot;... Celery stands and baskets are of two general types - the tall stands and low rectangular trays of cut glass set in footed silverplated frames. The tall stands outnumbered the low trays by about seventeen to one in the early catalogs consulted. In later ones the ratio was five to three...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Following is a scan of one of the baskets/trays from Rainwater&#039;s <i>American Silverplate</i>, p. 319 - for educational purposes only.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36499[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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