Covered bowl and stand
Vincennes Manufactory
(France)
1754–55
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsOverall: 15.2 x 21.3cm (6 x 8 3/8in.)
Other (Stand): 31.5 x 6.4 x 23.5cm (12 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 9 1/4in.)
Other (Bowl (at rim)): 15.6cm (6 1/8in.)
Other (Stand): 31.5 x 6.4 x 23.5cm (12 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 9 1/4in.)
Other (Bowl (at rim)): 15.6cm (6 1/8in.)
Credit LineGift of Rita and Frits Markus
Accession number1980.618a-c
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
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The écuelle was used in the bedroom to serve broth or bouillon during the elaborate and lengthy ritual of dressing and applying cosmetics in the morning.
ProvenanceApril 1968, purchased in Paris by Rita and Frits Markus, Chatham, MA and New York, NY; 1980, gift of Rita and Frits Markus. (Accession date: January 14, 1981)
