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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 320277, member: 29"]Ruth, I see quite a few of the impressed marks here. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's not a pickle dish, those weren't ribbed. Nor is it the classic demi lune shape used for bones, and it's certainly not a shellfish dish. </p><p><br /></p><p>The clue is that notch and the ribbing. It is indeed a spoon rest, or more properly a ladle rest. Your soup or veggie tureen had a handsome china ladle. This was use to rest it on after you'd taken whatever you wanted from the tureen. Hence the size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 320277, member: 29"]Ruth, I see quite a few of the impressed marks here. It's not a pickle dish, those weren't ribbed. Nor is it the classic demi lune shape used for bones, and it's certainly not a shellfish dish. The clue is that notch and the ribbing. It is indeed a spoon rest, or more properly a ladle rest. Your soup or veggie tureen had a handsome china ladle. This was use to rest it on after you'd taken whatever you wanted from the tureen. Hence the size.[/QUOTE]
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