On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:22:05 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Thu 29 Nov 2007 12:03:38p, Boron Elgar meant to say...
>
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:04:16 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:

>>>
>>>I didn't know what they were called. My mother had one back in the
>1950s,
>>>with crystal swans that sat on top of it and a crystal vase to sit in the
>>>middle. Back in the day, I think that was considered "elegant" for a
>>>dining room table centerpiece. :-)
>>
>>
>> My mom had something, too, and it spent its time parked in the middle
>> of the dining room table.
>>
>> For some reason, wax fruit is also in this memory.
>>
>> Boron
>>
>
>LOL! Waxed fruit was parked in a crystal bowl on the sideboard. :-)


I remember trying to eat one of the apples....my mom wasn't happy.
Neither was my stomach.

Boron