FRENCH ANTIQUE POTTERY TERRACOTTA CRUCHE GREEN GLAZE CONFIT EARTHENWARE PITCHER For Sale

THIS IS THE UNIQUE FORN OF A CRUCHE AND WAS CREATED BY THE POTTERS AROUND THE AREA OF PEZENAS, LANGUEDOC..A DAILY POTERIE USEDFOR POURING WATER AT DINNER. EACH REGION HAD ITS OWN DESIGN BUT THE CRUCHE OF LANGUEDOC, WITH TWO HANDLES, ONE USED AS A SPOUT WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST INNOVATIVE CRUCHEAS THESE VESSELS WERE A NORMAL WEIGH WHEN FILLED WITH WATER. THEY BECAME A BIT HEAVY FOR THE MTHER TO CARRY AND THE WIFE WAS EXPECTED TO REFILL GLASSES. SHE WOULD DRAG THE ORJOL ACROSS THE TABLE AND POUR THE WATER FROM THE CRUCHE.. THE EDGE OF THE TABLE ALSO WORKED AS A SAFETY. THERE ARE STUNNING CLEAR GREEN HUES THROUGHOUT THAT CHNGE IN A DISCRETE MANNER WHEN PLACED IN DIFFERENT LIGHT. GLAZE CRUCHE IS A MID-18TH C FORM AND GLAZE TEXTURE WHICH IS CLASSIC OF MEYNES. THE GLAZE IS THICK AND BEYOND BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WONDERFUL AIR OF HISTORY IN THE GLAZE AND CLAY AND THE YEARS OF BEING USED USED CONSTANTLY. MADE DURING THE MID 19TH C, IT IS A PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF THIS WATER CRUCHE. 9.5 INCHES HT OF AUTHENTIC, HAND PICKED BEAUTY. GREAT CONDITION.H - 9.5L - 14.5W-
PERFECT CONDITION
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SHIPPING PRICES REFLECT THE CARE OF HAVING IT PACKED BY UPS AND ITS HEAVY WEIGHT WHICH IS CORRECT FOR A TRUE EARLY 19THC CONFIT POT. NOT ONLY IS INSURANCE INCLUDED BUT PROFESSIONAL PACKING DONE BY UPS . NEVER HAS ONE PIECE ARRIVED WITH A PROBLEM ! PENNY-WISE-DOLLAR-FOOLISH

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