Think it is a pot / house plant. Imagine pot, soil & on top of soil a ? ( what) large coconut shape bean / seed lying on side & from one end stems grow up tall then form leaf.
Thank you all for your help. I've just looked at a pic of coconut palm & it's the one. Think it was the line 'they were all the rage at one time' that gave it away!
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Sounds like an avacado. They can be grown as houseplants:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Gardening/Seeds/Growing-an-Avocado-from-a-Seed.html
Yes, if it's coconut sized too, then good chance of that Philippa.
Thank you all for your help. I've just looked at a pic of coconut palm & it's the one.
Think it was the line 'they were all the rage at one time' that gave it away!