Sentence examples for tea plates from inspiring English sources

And as we blot the last cake crumbs on our tea plates, we happily realise we are ladies of leisure until our next appointment – dinner at the hotel's restaurant, the Richmond Arms, so there's plenty of time to order another glass of bubbly, read and relax.

'Inspired by my burgeoning collection of tea plates both from family heirlooms and charity shops, I wanted to create a collection that is playful and creative, and one that I hope inspires lots of tea parties and home baking,' says Doran.

Scavengers dug up pieces to be salvaged and, in one burned down neighbourhood, goat herders and their flocks wandered through what used to be someone's living room, grazing over shattered tea plates.

As we wandered through the affected areas we saw scavengers digging up what could be salvaged and, in one burned-down neighborhood, goat herders and their flocks wandered through what used to be someone's living room, grazing over shattered tea plates.

Even more striking is a small antislavery tea plate at the British dealer Martyn Edgell, an object made around 1835 that shows a shackled African slave kneeling at its center.

Carefully run a knife around the bottom of the cake where the chocolate has stuck it to the cake wire and lift it onto a tea plate.

Place the cup on a serving or tea plate.

After several hours of conversation over tea and plates of fruit, he let his own frustration show, just for an instant.

In the ballroom, people took seats at round tables set with pitchers of hot tea and plates of dates and cheese.

If you've just moved house and are in need of tea towels, plates, wine glasses, thimbles, slippers, and dolls for the kids, it might be worth your while to bide your time before stocking up.

The early wares were mainly for ritual purposes, but by the beginning of the Muromachi, or Ashikaga, period (1338 1573) tea bowls, plates, jars, and saucers of domestic utility were also being made.