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The pictured item is 13 3/8 inches long.
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It’s an olive tray. Possibly Turkish?
It’s an olive tray. Possibly Turkish?
That is a lovely olive dish! I have 2 here at home but they are nothing fancy like the one y’all have pictured.
That is a lovely olive dish! I have 2 here at home but they are nothing fancy like the one y’all have pictured.
I think this can be used to serve bread, like Baguette, or any type of Relish – A Relish Dish.
I think this can be used to serve bread, like Baguette, or any type of Relish – A Relish Dish.
It’s an olive dish, pottery, with painted olive branches, marked “CIC CHINA SW” on back, modern.
It’s an olive dish, pottery, with painted olive branches, marked “CIC CHINA SW” on back, modern.
An olive server. If I’m not mistaken, they are olives shown on the branches in the decoration .
An olive server. If I’m not mistaken, they are olives shown on the branches in the decoration .
I have one exactly like it, it is for olives, but works well
for any small condiment.
I have one exactly like it, it is for olives, but works well
for any small condiment.
Serving dish for olives, celery, carrot sticks, and the like.
Serving dish for olives, celery, carrot sticks, and the like.
Olive dish – because a small bowl just won’t do!
Olive dish – because a small bowl just won’t do!
It’s an olive tray.
It’s an olive tray.
An olive dish.
An olive dish.
Olive dish
Olive dish
It’s a canoe for a Barbie doll.
It’s a pencil holder for a calligrapher.
It’s an ink pen holder for a calligrapher.
It’s a quill pen holder for a calligrapher.
It’s a chopsticks holder.
It’s a dish for buttering corn on the cob. You put melted butter in the dish, add the ear of corn, and rollllll it around over and over.
It’s a soup sipper for drinking thick soup.
It’s an asparagus dish.
It’s a dish for cleaned and trimmed, whole green onions.
It’s a dish for cleaned and trimmed, celery stalks.
It’s a dish for carrot sticks.
It’s a dish for washing all ten finger tips before or after, playing a piano.
I dunno. I’m drawing a _______ here! I give up.
Whatizzit?
It’s a canoe for a Barbie doll.
It’s a pencil holder for a calligrapher.
It’s an ink pen holder for a calligrapher.
It’s a quill pen holder for a calligrapher.
It’s a chopsticks holder.
It’s a dish for buttering corn on the cob. You put melted butter in the dish, add the ear of corn, and rollllll it around over and over.
It’s a soup sipper for drinking thick soup.
It’s an asparagus dish.
It’s a dish for cleaned and trimmed, whole green onions.
It’s a dish for cleaned and trimmed, celery stalks.
It’s a dish for carrot sticks.
It’s a dish for washing all ten finger tips before or after, playing a piano.
I dunno. I’m drawing a _______ here! I give up.
Whatizzit?
It’s a bowl for pouring olive oil and topping with generous amounts of cracked black pepper into which to dip your delicious Italian bread.
It’s a bowl for pouring olive oil and topping with generous amounts of cracked black pepper into which to dip your delicious Italian bread.
Its a bowl for serving olive oil and cracked black pepper into which everyone at the table can dip their great Italian bread into. It’s long so everyone can reach it.
Its a bowl for serving olive oil and cracked black pepper into which everyone at the table can dip their great Italian bread into. It’s long so everyone can reach it.
Serving dish for olives
Serving dish for olives
Olive server
Olive server
It’s an olive dish. I bought my daughter one just like this for a wedding shower gift along with some matching pattern accessories!
It’s an olive dish. I bought my daughter one just like this for a wedding shower gift along with some matching pattern accessories!
Exactly! It ‘s an olive dish.
Exactly! It ‘s an olive dish.
Olive tray, perhaps Spanish pottery.
Olive tray, perhaps Spanish pottery.
It’s an olive tray.
It’s an olive tray.
I agree with Mzgiti2u ~ An olive dish.
I agree with Mzgiti2u ~ An olive dish.
This is an olive dish
This is an olive dish
Yep, it’s an olive dish. I gave one as part of a gift once. The newlyweds called me because they had given up trying to figure out what it was for! : )
Yep, it’s an olive dish. I gave one as part of a gift once. The newlyweds called me because they had given up trying to figure out what it was for! : )
It’s an olive dish
It’s an olive dish
Olive dish
Olive dish
It’s an olive dish
It’s an olive dish
It is to serve olive oil or olives and looks like it is from Deruta in Umbria in Italy.
It is to serve olive oil or olives and looks like it is from Deruta in Umbria in Italy.
Yes, agree it is an olive dish: the decoration gives it away, I think!
Yes, agree it is an olive dish: the decoration gives it away, I think!
Olive boat, decorated appropriately.
Olive boat, decorated appropriately.
The lovely design gives it away, it’s to hold olives. Yum.
The lovely design gives it away, it’s to hold olives. Yum.
Serving dish for olives, as pictured on the piece 🙂
Serving dish for olives, as pictured on the piece 🙂
I think it is a serving dish for Cherries. (or maybe blueberries like the design)
I think it is a serving dish for Cherries. (or maybe blueberries like the design)
This is a very pretty dish for serving olives
This is a very pretty dish for serving olives