On Apr 24, 10:06*am, Sheldon > wrote:
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>Years ago formal place settings included a knife rest, typically
>looked like an elongated dumbell for resting dirtied eating utensils
>and there were many styles.
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I was at an antique store many many years ago and there were some
lovely crystal knife rests on a table for sale. I couldn't convince
the owner's 10-12 year oldkid they were NOT doorknobs and were
actually knife rests.

Quite pretty things they were.