In clear, warm red transferware on creamy ironstone, this 19th century sauce tureen depicts red songbirds perching on branches on the lid and attached plate. On one side is a village, presumably St Maurice, as this is the name of the pattern.
 
I can picture this as a table centre, filled with evergreen foliage and berries.
 
It has the JV Bordeaux stamp on the base which dates this tureen to the second half of the 19th century.
 
It measures 9" long and 5" tall