“The Capillaire Minuet was composed by Lord Kelly, in honour of a Club called The Capillaire Club, of his own institution. It was a convivial meeting, the members of which were understood to drink nothing but Capillaire. This word was put upon the small liqueur glasses used by the Society, from one of which, in my possession, the device at the end of this account has been engraved”. (Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe)
Capillaire: an infusion of maidenhair fern flavoured with orange-flower water.
