This is a type of large glass bowl used to hold a centerpiece arrangement of flowers or fruit on a dining table or buffet. These shouldn’t be confused with larger lidded compotes. Note that covered footed bowls the size of sherbet dishes were sometimes sold as powder jars in depression glass patterns. They can be purely decorative, though, and may be made of materials not intended or safe for use with food. Compotes do vary in shape, however, to look somewhat like vases or candy dishes and comports are usually more bowl or saucer-like in appearance as shown here.Ī tazza is essentially a shallow stemmed, footed vase or cup as well.
Some original catalogs issued by glassware manufacturers show pieces identified as compotes without lids. Some folks maintain that a compote will have a lid whereas a comport doesn't, but that's not always the case. How does a compote differ? The origin of the word comport actually is the 16th-century variation of compote, so they are indeed connected. Some are a bit flatter in shape, like a small rimmed plate sitting on a pedestal base.
The terms comport, and compote are sometimes used interchangeably along with the Italian word “ tazza.” But are they the same thing?Ī comport is often shaped like a large, albeit flatter, sherbet dish (see below for shape reference) and they are used for holding food.
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