‖ compotier
(kɔ̃pɔtje)
Also 8–9 comporteer, -ier.
[a. F. compotier, f. compote. The forms comportier, comporteer may be compared with comport (comport n.2), which is not, however, recorded until later.]
= comport n.2; also, a dish for stewed fruit.
| 1755 in W. King Chelsea Porc. (1922) 71 One oval scollop'd compotier, 2 large scollop'd ditto, 2 heart-shaped ditto, and 4 nurl'd. 1776 Pennsylvania Ledger 20 Apr., Joseph Stansbury..is selling off..his baking dishes, compotiers, pudding dishes [etc.]. 1851 Offic. Descr. & Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. II. 720/1 Centre pieces, compotiers, dessert plates, &c., chased, painted, and gilt. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 740/2 Over the edge of a white compotier hung..grapes. 1885 A. H. Church Eng. Porc. 51 One of the most popular of all the ornamental pieces made in English china factories during the last century is the ‘shell centre-piece’, or compotier, for the dessert table. It consisted of from one to five tiers of scallops. |
| β 1764 Felix Farley's Jrnl. 22 Dec. in Pountney Old Bristol Potteries (1920) 225 Matchless pieces of the fine Chelsea in Figures, Dishes, Plates, Comportiers. 1822 Auction Catal. Fonthill Abbey 31 Two old Derby montephs... Nine comportiers of the same. Ibid. 66, 2 rich Japan comportiers. c 1832 in E. A. Barber Pott. & Porc. U.S. (1893) 150 Gravy boats..square comforts..high comporteers..cake stands. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6897 Dessert comportiers, with parian supports. |