Bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde tournée et plateau ovale)
Covered bowls and stands such as this were used for serving either broth or soup. They were intended for individual use in the bedroom where soup was customarily served during the toilette, the elaborate dressing ritual that took place in the morning. The cover kept the contents warm, and bread was placed on the stand.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde tournée et plateau ovale)
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Decorator: Flower painting by Nicolas Bulidon (French, active 1763–92)
- Decorator: Gilded by Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux (French, active 1752–88)
- Date: 1777
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Overall (bowl and cover [a, b]): 4 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (10.5 × 17.1 cm);
Width (stand [c]): 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) - Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914
- Object Number: 14.58.136a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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