bowpot

And the beadle of St. George's would bring a great bowpot of such hues as Christmas would lend itself to, and have a bottle of wine and a bright broad guinea for his fee; while his Reverence the rector would attend with a suitable present, -- such as a satin work-bag or a Good Book, the cover broidered by his daughters, -- and, when he sat at meat, find a bank-bill under his platter, which was always of silver.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861