c. 1735
Sweetmeat Glass
Artist/maker unknownLarge-stemmed sweetmeat glasses were intended to hold dry sweetmeats that could be eaten with the fingers: nuts, biscuits, chocolates, or dried and fresh fruits. They stood in the center of an arrangement of smaller sweetmeat glasses that contained wet items more appropriately consumed with a spoon.
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