dessert-service

Miselle watched the engraving of an intricate cipher beneath the fantastic crest of some wealthy epicurean, who had ordered a complete dessert-service of such charming forms and graceful designs that envy of his taste, if not of his possessions, became a positive duty.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

-- An English gentleman wanting a dessert-service of porcelain made after a particular pattern, sent over to China a specimen dish, ordering that it should be exactly copied for the whole service.

The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection Various

The verandah was paved with marble, there was some fine mahogany carving in the central hall, the dessert-service was of George II. silver-gilt, and the china beautiful old Spode.

Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

A soft sound of rising now became audible; the curtain was swept back from the arch; through it appeared the dining-room, with its lit lustre pouring down light on the silver and glass of a magnificent dessert-service covering a long table; a band of ladies stood in the opening; they entered, and the curtain fell behind them.

Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. I. 1848

Mrs. Gashleigh found three cigars, which she pocketed, and some letters, over which she cast her eye; and by Fitz's return they had the room as neat as possible, and the best glass and dessert-service mustered on the study table.

A Little Dinner at Timmin's William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

He also orders a dessert-service painted with the Mitford arms; Mrs. Mitford is supplied with a carriage, and she subscribes to a circulating library.

Our Village Mary Russell Mitford 1821

I have known him quite hidden behind a china jar, and as completely buried, whilst standing on tip-toe, in a crate, as the dessert-service which he was engaged in unpacking.

Miss Philly Firkin, The China-Woman Mary Russell Mitford 1821

Fitz’s return they had the room as neat as possible, and the best glass and dessert-service mustered on the study table.

A Little Dinner at Timmins’s 2006