[243]: See ante, 'Rumps.'
[244]: Probably what we call 'Bristol diamonds.'
[245]: London Gazette, Dec. 23/27, 1708.
[246]: Ibid. Jan. 8/11, 1704-5.
[247]: A Monteith was a kind of punch-bowl, with scallops or indentations in the brim, the object of which was to convert it into a convenient tray for bringing in the wine-glasses. These being placed with the brims downwards, radiating from the centre, and with the handles protruding through the indentations in the bowl, were easily carried without much jingling or risk of breaking. Of course the bowl would then be empty of liquor.
'New things produce new words, and thus Monteith
Has by one Vessel, sav'd his name from Death.'
Dr. King's Art of Cookery, etc., p. 37.
[248]: London Gazette, May 26/29, 1707.
[249]: Ibid. Oct. 20/24, 1713.
[250]: The Basset Table.
[251]: Tatler, No. 27.