finger-glass

The modern finger-glass and rose-water dish, which are an incidence of every entertainment of pretension, and in higher society as much a parcel of the dinner-table as knives and forks, are, from a mediaeval standpoint, luxurious anachronisms.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

The dessert plates should be set ready, each with a doily and a finger-glass partly filled with water, in which is dropped a slice of lemon; these with extra knives, forks and spoons, should be on the side-board ready to be placed beside the guest between the courses when required.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette

He could not do it; and when he found that, he took up a finger-glass, and gravely poured the contents upon his head.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

Mrs. Nevill Tyson was smiling softly to herself as she played with the water in her finger-glass.

The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) May Sinclair 1904

'You are such an innovator,' Elena was saying to Donna Francesca, as she dipped her fingers into warm water in a pale blue finger-glass rimmed with silver, 'Why do you not revive the ancient fashion of having the water offered to one after dinner with a basin and ewer?

The Child of Pleasure Gabriele D'Annunzio 1900

Sometimes, however, by day we would hear the tuneful wail of the finger-glass bird or an occasional robin would chirrup, while at night great frogs croaked gloomily and the sloth would shriek at our approach.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

And when the finger-glass full of cold water had been upset on to Mr. Brown's shirt-front, Amelia's mamma would cry – "Oh dear, oh dear-r-Ramelia!" and carry her off with the ladies to the drawing-room.

The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

He dropped his eyeglass with a clatter against his waistcoat, threw the card into his finger-glass, raised his pale eyes, and stared at

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

I shall give him an aquarium of his very own in a green finger-glass, with nothing but a little very nice duckweed, and one small snail to keep it clean, like a general servant.

Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

And when the finger-glass full of cold water had been upset on to Mr. Brown's shirt-front, Amelia's mamma would cry -- "Oh dear, oh dear-r-Ramelia!" and carry her off with the ladies to the drawing-room.

The Brownies and Other Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863