What is a CHARGER in regards to a place setting?!
What is a CHARGER in regards to a place setting?
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It is a decorative plate that is larger then the dinner plate and is placed under it usually at a formal place setting. The rest of the place setting is then laid out. You can probably see one at www.lenox.com
Often a wooden item the shape of a large plate on which other plates are set prior to a meal.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Charger
a bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Num. 7:13, etc.). The "charger" in which the Baptist's head was presented was a platter or flat wooden trencher (Matt. 14:8, 11; Mark 6:25, 28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.
its a larger plate or place setting that is under the dish that the food is actually served on. Frequently they are reflective to add a nice splash of light and color to your table settings
a charger is to a dinner plate what a saucer is to a coffe cup. It protects your table or place mats and/or is decorative, simply adding color to your place settings.
It is the larger "plate" underneath the dinner plate. It stays on the table throughout the whole meal - even if the salad plate, soup bowl, dinner plate are removed. It basically is like a place mat.
It is purely aesthetic. It goes under the dinner plate. You can get them in any color. They can be removed when you start eating.
it is a plate .usually made out of glass ,that you set the dinner plate on .you usually use them for formal dinners.