Small Comport

[George Clark]

Walnut comport, 6" x 3", buffed and waxed. Critiques please.

George

[John Fricke]

Looks very nice. I am curious, where did you come up with the term "comport"? I have never seen it or heard it before. Doesn't mean much as I am a noob at this. Great looking comport though..:)

[George Clark]

John,

My wife collects Fiestaware dishes. One of the many Fiesta dishes is called a comport or sweets comport. Basically it is a small bowl on a pedestal. I have seen similar pieces of glassware refered to as comports.

George

[alex carey]

The foot seems a bit too wide for me, otherwise I like it. Nice finish to.

Alex

[Richard Madison]

Did you perhaps mean compote? By whatever name, it is a very nice one.

[George Clark]

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com⋅port

2  /ˈkɒmhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngpɔrt, -poʊrt/ http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html) Show Spelled Pronunciation [kom-pawrt, -pohrt] http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html) Show IPA –noun a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.

Origin:
1765–75; alter. of F compotier a dish for compote (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=compote&db=luna); see -ier (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-ier&db=luna)2 http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png




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[Rick Prosser]

learned something new...:o

Oh - nice job. Foot could be smaller, but looks good.

[Richard Madison]

Me too Rick. Thanks George. I think the foot is appropriate for this piece just as it is. Should give good stability in use.

[Nathan Hawkes]

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com⋅port

2  /ˈkɒmhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngpɔrt, -poʊrt/ http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html) Show Spelled Pronunciation [kom-pawrt, -pohrt] http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html) Show IPA –noun a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.

Origin:
1765–75; alter. of F compotier a dish for compote (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=compote&db=luna); see -ier (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-ier&db=luna)2 http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png




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Well that's a new one; I'd always heard "compote". I guess regionally things vary a bit. thanks for the dictionary def.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece George. Great looking walnut.

[Jim Kountz]

Looking good George, wonderful wood and good looking form too!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks pretty good to me George! I like how you kept it simple!

[Aaron Wingert]

I like the finish and the proportions of the comport. Nice work!

(For the record, compote is a dessert mix of fruit items, kind of like jambalaya made out of fruit....Berry compote, melon compote, etc. I guess you could put your compote in your comport ;))

[john taliaferro]

do it again in some of that maple,i have wine red and blue ,mike has green.:rolleyes: see ya sat.john t