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TOAST RACK
TOAST TRAY
Toast rack or toast tray is a serving piece having vertical openwork partitions and a vertical ring for carrying several slices of toast (usually four to eight).
The slices stand upright in each space, sometimes with a flat bottomed tray to support them.
Early examples were in the form of a single row of vertical posts on a wire-ring base but later ones have circular wire loops to separate the slices. |
Folding toast racks to occupy less storage space were patented by Roberts Cadman & Co (1807), A. Goodman & Co (1808) and others Old Sheffield Plate manufacturers.
Very popular were also combined frames of toast racks with pepper, salt and egg cups.
In the late 19th century/early 20th century the "novelty" fashion introduced toast racks using dividers in the shape of wishbones, hearts, crossed riding whips, etc.
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