Pl. tazze. [It. tazza: see TASS2.] A shallow ornamental bowl or vase; properly, one supported on a foot.
1841. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., IV. 141/1. The symmetrical forms of the many elegant vases and tazzas.
1872. Times, 17 Feb. (Stanf.). Silver vases and tazze.
1877. Mar. M. Grant, Sun-maid, viii. Beautiful tazzas of jasper, lapis-lazuli, and malachite.
attrib. and Comb. 1871. E. J. Worboise, Nobly Born, 404. I saw her take up her large tazza-glass, and dispose of its contents.
1878. Nesbitt, Catal. Glass Vessels S. Kens. Mus., 118. Tazza Bowl. Plain glass.
1895. Daily News, 24 May, 6/6. A fine green jade tazza-shaped dish.
