ID: 700000154 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000154	Record Type: Movable Work
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Lidded Bowl on Dish ($00ecuelle; painted by Pierre-Antoine Méraud (French, ca. 1735-1791) ...; 1764; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 78.DE.65 ;)

Note: Madame Louise of France, the eighth daughter of the French King Louis XV, probably drank from this bowl. Known as an écuelle, it would have held bouillon--a light, nourishing broth taken as a snack between meals. Madame Louise's monogram ML and the coat of arms of an unmarried royal princess are painted on the lid and dish.

Titles:

Lidded Bowl on Dish (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Lidded Bowl on Stand (C,U,FO,English,U,U)

Lidded Bowl and Dish (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Lidded Bowl on Dish (écuelle ronde et plateau rond) (C,U,RD,undetermined,U,U)

Écuelle ronde et plateau rond (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

écuelle [300196523] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food), porringers (dishes))

bowl (vessel) [300203596]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

ceramics (preferred)

decorative arts

European art

Creation Date: 1764

Creator Display:

painted by Pierre-Antoine Méraud (French, ca. 1735-1791) ; Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active from 1756 to the present) [preferred,VP,JPGM]

manufactory Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French porcelain manufactory, active from 1756 to the present) [500054661]

painter Méraud, Pierre-Antoine (French porcelain painter and gilder, ca. 1735-1791) [500023384]

Locations:

Other: Original: Versailles [7008070] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 78.DE.65

Display Materials: Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel colors and gilding

	soft paste porcelain (material) [300010665]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material), porcelain (material))

	enamel (fused coating) [300014910]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

Dimensions: bowl: 12.4 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm (4 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 6 inches); stand: 21.1 cm (diameter) (8 3/8 inches)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

	Neoclassical [300021477] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	bowl (vessel) [300203596]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers)) (AAT)

	arms, coats of [300126352]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, devices (symbols), coats of arms and coat of arms elements) (AAT)

	monogram [300010038]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>) (AAT)

	Louis XV, King of France (French king, 1710-1774) [500122354]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Madame Louise (French princess, nun, 1737-1787) [500329616]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	broth bowls [300216971]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Signed: The écuelle and plate are both painted with the blue crossed "L"'s of the Sèvres manufactory, enclosing the date letter "L" for 1764 beside the painter's mark "S" for Méreaud. Secondary Inscription: The écuelle is incised "DU" and "O"; the stand is incised "I".

Marks: blue crossed "L"'s of the Sèvres manufactory

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Lidded Bowl on Dish	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 13 January 2011
Lidded Bowl on Stand	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
Lidded Bowl and Dish	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Lidded Bowl on Dish (écuelle ronde et plateau rond)	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Écuelle ronde et plateau rond	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 10 February 2005