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Small tea or coffee service
Cabaret service (ca. 1865)

The term cabaret service (also known as dejeuner service) is used to designate small tea or coffee services. A typical cabaret service includes (in addition to cups and saucers) a teapot or a coffeepot (with a lid and occasionally a stand), a sugar bowl, a creamer, sometimes a tray and cutlery. In the 18th century a spoon boat was frequently a part of the set. The tea- and coffeepots are small (one pint in a service for two, so called tête-à-tête, half a pint in a solitaire service for one), the cups and saucers are frequently also smaller than the ones in the regular sets. Tête-à-tête services were popular as wedding gifts.

The cabaret services originated in France, where the tea drinking was not ritualized, and thus small-scale arrangements for one or two were appropriate. The cabaret services characteristically utilized unusual designs and extensive decorations, this "jewel-like" appearance hints at marketing oriented towards ladies.

In the 18th century silver (gilded) cabaret services with fitting cases were made for travel.

References

  1. ^ Edwards 2017, p. 188.
  2. Edwards 2022, p. 71.
  3. ^ MFA, Boston. "Five-piece coffee and tea set for one". mfa.org. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ Edwards 2017, p. 269.
  5. ^ Boger & Boger 1957.
  6. George Savage; Harold Newman (1985). "spoon-tray". In John Patrick Cushion (ed.). An Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics: Defining 3,054 Terms Relating to Wares, Materials, Processes, Styles, Patterns, and Shapes from Antiquity to the Present Day. Thames and Hudson. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-500-27380-7. OCLC 12938517.
  7. ^ Hildyard 1999, p. 69.

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