sugar and chocolate (left)

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Candies, pieces of fruit crystalized with sugar, and other confectionaries, known as sweetmeats, were served on special dishes, some with multiple shell-shaped tiers. The dessert course of a formal dinner called for its own set of serving dishes, bowls, and plates, such as the leaf-shaped example crawling with an assortment of insects.

 

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