Vintage 3 pc. Blue & White Floral Soup Tureen - Porcelain Serving Bowl W/ Ladle

Description: Vintage 3 pc. Blue & White Floral Soup Tureen - Porcelain Serving Bowl W/ Ladle Beautiful blue design on white porcelain "French Country" vibe Leaf shaped handles on bowl and lid Bowl measures 7.75" tall w/ lid (6.75" w/o lid) x 10" wide x 7" deep Matching ladle measures approx. 8.5" long Ladle has small chips along top serving edge, and the finish is worn along the resting bottom and handle end (see pictures above)Bowl and lid are in good condition aside from worn finish along bottom edge of bowl (see picture above) Painting smudge on bowl's back indicates charm of 'hand painted' design Labeled "Made in Japan" on bottom of bowlYour visit to our eBay listing is much appreciated! =) "The tureen's prehistory may be traced to the use of the communal bowl, but during the reign of Louis XIV it was developed from a practical covered serving vessel into one of the most richly ornamented centerpieces of the formal apparatus of dining. This period also saw the old practice of dressing the dinner table with every dish at once (service à la française) superseded by the new practice of separate courses at meal time (service à la russe), each entrée entering from the kitchens with an air of ceremony. Soup remained the first course of most meals, from the king's table to the peasant's, and the soup tureen on its serving platter provided the opening ceremony. Tureens naturally tended towards the impressive; the world's record auction price fetched for a single piece of silver was achieved by a silver tureen made in 1733 by the Parisian silversmith Thomas Germain, sold at Sotheby's New York, 13 November 1996: at US$10,287,500, tripling the former record." (wikipedia: Tureen / History)

Price: 36 USD

Location: Centre, Alabama

End Time: 2024-03-24T21:41:24.000Z

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