soup-tureen

A copper lamp illuminated the tablecloth of coarse white linen, the pewter jug shining like silver, and filled with wine, and the brown, smoking soup-tureen.

Les Miserables 2008

Eve put out her hand and grasped his tightly; then she carried off the empty plate and the brown earthen soup-tureen, and brought the dish that she had made for him.

Two Poets 2007

Eve put out her hand and grasped his tightly; then she carried off the empty plate and the brown earthen soup-tureen, and brought the dish that she had made for him.

Two Poets 2007

The smash of the soup-tureen, and swift descent of the kitchen-maid and soup-ladle down the stairs to the lower regions.

A Little Dinner at Timmins’s 2006

The lady heaved a sigh, and placed herself before the soup-tureen.

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

The shutters were closed; on a round table, covered with a tablecloth of dazzling whiteness, amid cut-glass decanters of red wine, there were eight lighted candles in silver candlesticks; a fire glowed cheerfully on the hearth, and an old and very stately-looking butler, with a huge bald head, wearing an English dress, stood before another table on which was pleasingly conspicuous a large soup-tureen, encircled by light savoury-smelling steam.

The Jew and other stories 2006

The lady heaved a sigh, and placed herself before the soup-tureen.

Burlesques 2006

Marie, standing at the soup-tureen, heard it all and became very spiteful.

The Golden Lion of Granpere 2004

There she was standing at the soup-tureen with her back to the company.

The Golden Lion of Granpere 2004

You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table?

The Lilac Fairy Book 2003