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Lot Essay
A tureen of the same form with the exception of entwined handles, and decorated with birds and coloured applied flowers, is illustrated by Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes (Paris, 1991), p. 149, no. 112. The wide, flat footrim is typical of Vincennes wares of this period and at this time no other factory was capable of producing porcelain flowers of this quality.
Covered bowls, or écuelles, were used to serve soups (potages) or broths (bouillons) in the boudoir or bedroom during the time-consuming morning toilette. Unlike their medieval wooden bowl prototypes, l'escuelles, porcelain écuelles were not used at the dinner table. For an écuelle à quatre pans, ovale with a fish-knop finial, possibly used for a fish bouillon, see Tamara Préaud and Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 1977-78, p. 49, no. 80.
Covered bowls, or écuelles, were used to serve soups (potages) or broths (bouillons) in the boudoir or bedroom during the time-consuming morning toilette. Unlike their medieval wooden bowl prototypes, l'escuelles, porcelain écuelles were not used at the dinner table. For an écuelle à quatre pans, ovale with a fish-knop finial, possibly used for a fish bouillon, see Tamara Préaud and Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 1977-78, p. 49, no. 80.