Which preposition to use with platters

of Occurrences 38%

We had venison-steak, pork, ham, jerked venison stew, fresh trout, broiled partridge, cold roast duck, a fricassee of wood rabbits, and broiled pigeon upon our table, coming in courses, or piled up helter-skelter on great platters of birch bark, some on tin plates, and now and then a choice bit on a chip!

with Occurrences 24%

Serve on a platter with stewed prawns and garnish with croutons.

in Occurrences 6%

When I entered his shop the next morning, I found him with his coat off, cutting capers, a wooden platter in his hand for a tambourine, and the sweat pouring down his face.

for Occurrences 5%

It was spread with a snow-white cloth, and almost equally snow-white platter for breadso much and so well was it cleaned.

at Occurrences 4%

Blunder 2d, five oysters to be laid on each plate, instead of which five were placed on platters at each end, making ten in all for the whole party!

on Occurrences 4%

At some of our colleges and inns of court, the serving of the boar's head on a silver platter on Christmas-day is a custom still followed; and till very lately, a bore's head was competed for at Christmas time by the young men of a rural parish in Essex.

to Occurrences 3%

These pages moved briskly about the tables, carrying the meats in platters to the guests.

into Occurrences 2%

They never wash their bowls or dishes; or if they do wash the platters into which the boiled meat is to be put, they do it merely with the scalding broth, which they throw back into the pot.

from Occurrences 2%

To Bull Hunter the mysteries were revealed for nothing, freely, and drilled and drummed into him through the weeks of his convalescence; and still the lessons continued now that he was hale and hearty once moreas the clean-swept platters from which he ate three times a day gave evidence.

across Occurrences 1%

The kitchen of the Renfrew manor was a separate building, and presently Peter saw old Rose carrying great platters across the weed-grown compound into the dining-room.

until Occurrences 1%

Flavor with stick cinnamon and a few cloves (take out the head of each clove) and when soft place each pear carefully on a platter until cold.

after Occurrences 1%

You are sure that he will make one hearty meal on your viands, if he can give no account of the platter after it.

Which preposition to use with  platters