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Covered Bowl (Écuelle)
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCovered Bowl (Écuelle), c. 1755. Mennecy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 9.9 x 13.1 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.9
