A tureen is a serving dish for foods, often shaped as a broad, deep, oval vessel with fixed handles and a low domed cover with a knob or handle. It is used to store and serve soups and stews.

Over the centuries, tureens have appeared in many different forms, some round, rectangular, or made into fanciful shapes such as animals or wildfowl.

Tureens may be ceramic or silver and customarily stand on a tray.

Henri, Viscount of Turenne, France; Commander of the French Army during the Thirty years’ War had once used his helmet as a soup bowl.

Since then the large serving dish has been honored with his name as Tureen.