Covered Bowl (Écuelle)
maker Mennecy Factory (French)
manufacturer Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French)
c. 1755
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.9 x 13.1 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- France, Mennecy, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Members of the 18th-century French social elite would participate in a lengthy ritual of washing and dressing called the toilette. Along with hair and make-up, this process, which bordered on performance, would also leave time to eat. Small, two handled bowls like this one were used for broths or soups consumed by an individual in the bedroom or boudoir.
