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Blanc De Chine, Vintage Soup Tureen | Ceramic Centerpiece | Oversized Italian Serving Dish - With Lid And Ladle

Name: Blanc De Chine, Vintage Soup Tureen | Ceramic Centerpiece | Oversized Italian Serving Dish - With Lid And Ladle
Brand: TheGiftCurator
SKU: 759766790
Price: 270.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (205 reviews)

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Materials

Ceramic

Vintage

From before 2007

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Monumental, Oversized Signed or Marked "ITALY" ceramic lidded large Soup or Stew Tureen with Pear Finial / Centerpiece in a Blanc de chine - look / Tourinne w/ Original Ladle, Under-Tray and Lid! Shabby Chic Perfection!

Bridal Shower, Anniversary, Housewarming are perfect reasons to give this goody!

When you make soup at home you can take as much pride in a steaming hot tureen with its beautiful aroma as in any other culinary achievement. Heat this marvel with hot water immediately before pouring in the hot soup. To keep the soup, stew or liquid food hot, cover the tureen except when serving (the top is frequently the most charming part of the design). Serve with a tray under the tureen, "you don't want to dribble on your nice table." Hearty soup or stew served in cups as a first course or in big, roomy soup bowls as a main dish is always a taste pleaser.

Dimensions: 11" H x 15" W x " 13" D.
Weight: 9 lbs 9 oz or 4.58 kg

*DO NOT COOK ANYTHING IN THIS TUREEN. AN OPEN FLAME WILL RUIN IT. WARM IN HOT WATER BEFORE SERVING.

Soup is served!

Condition: Good, normal wear, platter has a hairline crack and chip. (See last two images)

HISTORY: Whether named to honour the French military hero Marshal Turenne or related to the earlier word terrine, its a borrowing from the French for 'a large, circular, earthenware dish'.

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 This period also saw the old practice of dressing the dinner table with every dish at once (service à la française) superseded by the new practice of separate courses at meal time (service à la Russe), each entrée entering from the kitchens with an air of ceremony.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.

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NowPrice:$270.00

Original Price: $300.00

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