trencher. jockey for tech primacy, ‘Rip and Replace’

 

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Struggle with small talk? This 17th century trencher has got you covered 🍽

Trenchers were completely flat, rimless plates used for dessert courses at elite Medieval dinner tables, each with verses or pictures to stimulate witty after-dinner conversation. 

They were used to serve small sweetmeats and desserts, making them the ancestor of our modern cheeseboards 🧀

This plate is one from a set of 12 that were decorated with witty aphorisms on love, society, and wealth. 

Zoom in to try and decipher the Old English – the inscription here ends with a version of a well-known proverb: ‘For a bird in hand is better far, than three that in the hedges are’ 🌳🐦

🔎 Trencher painted with flowers and a quatrain. Wood and gold, from England, around 1600. Read more: http://ow.ly/2Leb50NZSYq