Bread Plates or Bread Trays.
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Bread trays are
those ceramic plates that were used in the past to pass the bread around the
table. Generally they were round or oblong in shape, slightly dished inside
and with a backward sloping, fluted edge. Many people, particularly the
English refer to them as bread plates but that is not strictly true. Americans
correctly know them as bread trays.They were in common usage during the
Victorian era from about 1860 onwards reaching the height of their popularity
in the 1880's following on from the religeous revival of that time. During the
early part of the 20th century their popularity as a functional item declined.
Often they were bought as gifts or souvenirs of a visit to the seaside and the
displayed on a dresser or as a wall plaque. By the outbreak of the Second
World War production had all but ceased.
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