Fostoria Glass Versailles Etched Blue Bouillon Bowl & Saucer
Bouillon cups aren’t for everyone. On the other hand, the days are long gone when you needed a hired girl in the kitchen, two maids and a cook to have something pretty on your table. Back in the day when in-home help was more common families had special dishes for special foods.
- They had cream soup bowls for (guess) cream soup
- They had sherbet liners to go under sherbet dishes (a smart idea)
- They had rimmed soup bowls for regular soup
- And they had bouillon bowls (or cups) for clear soups.
Its easier to have a myriad of dishes if you have lots of room and someone to wash and dry for you, but in fact bouillon cups are useful even for those of us who use the same bowls for soup, cereal and salad.
Bouillon cups are small bowls, larger than a coffee cup, with two handles, made to serve soup. In reality they are cute little pieces that are the perfect size to enjoy ice cream, a small fruit salad, your morning cereal, and yes, soup. They have more looks than plain small bowls and you can get these nifty little liners for them too.
I blogged a while back about our Fostoria Beverly green bouillon bowl which is shaped about the same as this Versailles etched blue bowl and liner, also from Fostoria Glass. I buy bouillon bowls and cream soup bowls when I can. They are not the fastest sellers we have but I think they are fascinating little pieces with style and a lot of history.
You may have noticed I didn’t blog much last week. I hurt my hand about a week ago and was goofing off trying to rest it. It’s better now so look for posts more frequently.
Shopping Information: Shop for Fostoria Versailles etched glass in blue, pink, green and amber at Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass. Our Beverly green bouillon bowl is here.