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From: "Barry McKeon" <>
Subject: Re: Wedding Gift
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 07:50:36 +1000
References: <E13rfSg-0000HN-00@star.st.net.au> <004b01c045ce$09e117a0$c61f08d2@default>



Some further info on jardiniere:

ex Webster's Dictionary 2nd edition 1948
( 3 vols - my son retrieved from the garbage tip some 20 years ago - a
wonderful retrieval!!)

"jardiniere (pronunciation = jardiner; French zhardenyar still preferred
by many.
from French - jardiniere - jardinier - gardener
1. An ORNAMENTAL STAND or RECEPTACLE for plants, flowers etc..
2. Ceramics : A LARGE FLOWERPOT.
3. Cookery : A PREPARATION OF MIXED VEGETABLES stewed in a sauce of
with
savoury herbs etc., .........OR served in soup
with beef,etc.

I think we can exclude Item 3 as a wedding present, but it may have
turned up at the Wedding Breakfast!

Cheers,

Barry - on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Interests:
MCKEON Tas; Victoria; Galway.
TOMISON Orkney; Aust; North America.
FISHER London; South Africa; Victoria.
TERRY Berks; Wilts; Victoria.
ROSIE Orkney.
VINCENT South Africa; Suffolk.
TURNER Victoria; Notts,
GROOM Suffolk.
LOUGH London (Hackney).
ROBERTSON London (Richmond); Victoria (Ballarat).


From: Susie Zada <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Wedding Gift


> G'day Tom,
>
> Never trust a pocket dictionary - that's the abbreviated edition!! It
> missed out the fact it could also be a decorated pot etc. etc. etc.
>
> The truth of the matter is that a Jardiniere is the name used by
antique
> dealers for a stand or pot so they can charge five times as much for
it
> !!!!!! <vbg>
>
> A very cynical ........ Susie Z
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Perrett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Wedding Gift
>
>
> > On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 15:48:08 +1100, G & J Cunningham wrote:
> >
> > >Can anyone tell what an 1890's wedding gift of a "jardiniere" would
have
> > >been? I'm just curious.
> >
> > Reaches out right hand for trusty pocket dicionary kept beside
> > computer, opens it, reads and hahhaa - it is an ornamental stand
> > kept in a room for growing flowers, etc, Remember those old
> > Victorian photograps of cluttered rooms with things on stands?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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