Surprise your guests with soup tureens that don’t look like they have soup in them. Trompe l’oeil from ceramicist Jacob Petit of France. ca. 1840 or so.

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Pair of cabbage shaped tureens and stands with the the cabbage shape having been decorated with vertical bands of leaves decorated in bright colors. ca. 1845. Rococo/Neoclassical fusion. French. Jacob Petit, maker. Maker’s marks: Signed Petit on the underside. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tureens/pair-of-jacob-petit-tureens-stands/id-f_697986/
Basket-form tureen filled with fruits and vegetables, with a crayfish finial. mid 19th c. French. Maker’s marks: Blue J.P. marks. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collector-online-english-european-18th-19th-century-furniture-ceramics/three-jacob-petit-trompe-loeil-tureens-covers-240/100421
Pair of cauliflower-form tureens with crayfish finials. mid 19th c. French. Maker’s marks: Blue J.P. marks. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collector-online-english-european-18th-19th-century-furniture-ceramics/three-jacob-petit-trompe-loeil-tureens-covers-240/100421
Rabbit or hare motif covered box tureen. mid 19th c. French. Jacob Petit, maker. Maker’s marks: Faint blue “JP” mark to unglazed base. Image © 1998-2020 Ruby Lane, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.rubylane.com/item/586567-RL-0002090/Antique-19th-century-Paris-Porcelain-Jacob?gclid=CjwKCAjw2dD7BRASEiwAWCtCb2YL7FJmD7DCyTHyOrwKhU52KuCsvGpBS6_GhuI-RXwkUUbogwDwBxoCDK8QAvD_BwE

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