Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:04:16 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> Oh pshaw, on Thu 29 Nov 2007 05:35:44a, Boron Elgar meant to say...
>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:29:22 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article
>>>> >,
>>>> rickthecockroach > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What is a banquet mirror?
>>>
>>> A centerpiece that sits on a mirror.
>>>
>>
>> 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

My mom had plastic fruit, not wax fruit. No mirror involved The grapes
were actually rubber. Mom used to get mad because you could pop them off
the plastic stem, fill them with water and squirt people with them LOL But
they popped right back on the stem so no real harm done.

Jill