Unbreakable Breakfast Dishes

Southland Times, Issue 20786, 29 May 1929, Page 12

Unbreakable Breakfast Dishes

(From Our Correspondent.) • London. Unbreakable breakfast dishes sound too good to be true—but they are a fact, for some of the most attractive bread-plates, porridge-bowls, toast-racks, and cruets are now being made of wood. Unpolished oak and elm make the plates and dishes; some ornamented with a simple pattern, some quite plain. For the porridge-bowls some of the fruit woods have been used, especially cherry, which is a richer and darker-looking wood than the oak or elm. On these, bright band-painted decorations are done, and look very attractive. White, unpolished sycamore is also used for some of these. The little salt cellars and pepper and mustard pots are fashioned in the form of tiny barrels, with real “hoops,” glass linings, and bone spoons. What could be more individual, charming, or easy to keep clean? The platters and bowls are so light that .they can easily be used in the nursery as well; and frequent scrubbing keeps them fresh and sweet.