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Updated: May 14, 2025
Menu-holders or card-holders of china or silver are often placed before each plate, to hold the card on which the name of the guest is printed and the bill of fare from which he is to choose. These may be dispensed with, however, and the menu and name laid on each plate. The butler now turns his attention to his sideboards and tables, from whence he is to draw his supplies.
The Easter-egg has long been a favorite offering in silk, satin, plush, and velvet, in covered, egg-shaped boxes containing bonbons; these, laid in a nest of gold and silver threads in a cloisonn, basket, afford a very pretty souvenir to carry home from a luncheon. Menu-holders of delicate gilt-work are also added to the other favors.
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