French Sauce Tureen with Underplate

In French, it's called a saucière couverte - a small covered vessel traditionally used for serving gravy or sauces. The underplate is designed to catch drips. We found it, with the two tureens and the compotier from the same set, in a shop in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, in Provence. It is printed with blue flowers in the same pattern as our Lunéville tureens, with moulded scrolls under the print and a softly scalloped edge to the underplate, and dates from the 19th century. We would group it with the tureens on a dresser, or fill it with a small posy of garden flowers. Sold as one piece: tureen, lid and underplate.