Trivia Advent Calendar

[J. Beckert]

These are all terms that apply to objects in the holdings at Surratt House...
1. eglomise (add accent over final "e")
2. mercury glass
3. ogee curve (as applied to architecture)
4. compote
5. cup plate
6. melodeon
7. hip tub
8. kraut stomper
9. furniture rail
10. newel post (I'm amazed at how many of our visitors don't know what this is!)
11. bertha
12. Swiss girdle
13. larder
14. demijohn
15. fractional currency
16. miser's purse
17. chatelaine
18. transferware
19. waste bowl
20. caster set


#8 sounds like what we have when someone beats Eva in her "Stump the German" category....

Here's the tally, as I see it.

Roger 10
Thomas 6
Laurie 5
Me 5
Dave 4
Susan 1