The tea service at the top of this case features early examples of applied three-dimensional flowers as well as painted floral depictions. The painted green swags are defined by lines of gilded husks. The pair of cuvette à tombeau, or flower vases, and the pot-pourri gondole, were made just a few years after the tea service, when the Vincennes porcelain factory had moved to Sèvres. Both were intended for the propagation of small bulbs, which on the pot-pourri gondole would have grown in the small bowls in the top, with the roots using a water reservoir below. When bulbs were not in season, the base could be filled with sweet-smelling pot-pourri. The scent would escape through the piercings in the top section.