epergne
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of epergne
1755–65; perhaps < French épargne treasury, saving, noun derivative of épargner to save < Germanic; compare German sparen to save, spare
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It had a big fireplace, where logs were blazing, for the night had turned cool, and a long table with a big epergne of wrought silver, filled with roses, in its centre.
From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller
This is a convenient auxiliary to the cook: it may be arranged as a pyramidical epergne for a dormant in the centre of the table, or as a travelling store-chest.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
The epergne is supported by a base representing the genius of America.
From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Caroline Cowles Richards
On the table stood a couple of little glasses, a decanter containing liqueur and a small epergne, loaded with fruit and pastry.
From Bertha Garlan by Arthur Schnitzler
A corpulent straddling epergne, blotched all over as if it had broken out in an eruption rather than been ornamented, delivered this address from an unsightly silver platform in the centre of the table.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
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