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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 320266, member: 2844"]It looks like a side dish for seafood, or maybe relish dish. It is very pretty, and I can picture oysters on that, with lemon wedges. Perfect colour composition.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It says in the listing:</p><p>"Shell shaped ironstone dishes such as this were used to serve relish, lemons or mussels and other side dish goodies, and they do make fabulous heirloom spoon rests."</p><p>So the original purpose seems to be a seafood or relish dish, but it would make a "fabulous heirloom spoon rest". I suppose you can put anything on it, as long as it fits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 320266, member: 2844"]It looks like a side dish for seafood, or maybe relish dish. It is very pretty, and I can picture oysters on that, with lemon wedges. Perfect colour composition.:happy: It says in the listing: "Shell shaped ironstone dishes such as this were used to serve relish, lemons or mussels and other side dish goodies, and they do make fabulous heirloom spoon rests." So the original purpose seems to be a seafood or relish dish, but it would make a "fabulous heirloom spoon rest". I suppose you can put anything on it, as long as it fits.[/QUOTE]
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