Sterling Silver Tazza, c1923, John Round & Son Ltd, Sheffield, England

While looking through several books on antiques and searching on the Internet, I found the words compote, comport, and tazza interchangeably used to describe footed bowls or plates. For instance, several Millers’ antique books use all three. Table 1 gives some statistics of their use on select websites when viewed on the 13th of June, 2013. Continue reading “What is the difference between a COMPOTE, COMPORT and a TAZZA?” »