THE CRUCHE WAS FOR POURING WATER AT DINNER BUT THE BEAUCAIRE CRUCHE WAS THE FIRST CREATION TO ADD A TOP HANDLER FOR TRANSPORTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS MADE THE USE OF WATER QUITE EASY. BEAUCAIRE IS ACROSS THE RHONE RIVER AND IT IS LSO THE BEGINNING OF LANGUEDOC. MOST BEAUCAIRE CRUCHES WERE PRODUCED IN CASTELNAUDARY […]
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THE LUCK OF CRISSCROSSING ALL THE DEPARTMENT ROAD D98.. D89, WAS I WOULD BE HEADING FOR A SMALL BORCANTE IN A VILLAGE WHERE I WAS THE ONLY PERSON AT THE BROCANTE WHO WAS NOT FRENCH. I FOUND SO MANY REGIONAL COOL PIECES THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN AND POTERIES THAT EVEN EXPERTS HAD NEVER SEEN […]
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THIS MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF’ LE CRUCHE DE LANGUEDOC OR LANGUEDOCIENNE’ IS AN AMAZING POTTER’S SAMPLE TO SHOW CLIENTS A FACSIMILE OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT. THESE POTTER SAMPLES OF ALL FORMS WERE NEVER BROUGHT TO THE USA.. PROBABLY NOT EVEN NOTICED. I WOULD ADD THESE TO MY COLLECTION FROM EVERY SMALL ROUTE WHERE THERE WAS A […]
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NEW COLLECTION MADE IN’BAR BOULUD – Lincoln Center’. Another perfect example found with my associate in the Camargue. You can see that it is beyond stunning and in perfect condition. I think that the glaze beng so thick and less use than usual is the result for this beautiful water cruche that was presented in […]
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YOU CAN COMPARE THIS ONE WITH OTHERS. THE BOUTEILLES À PASSANT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR THIS PIECE THAT WAS MEANT TO CARRY ON THE SIDE OF A HORSE THIUS SO MANY VERY STRONG HANDLES FOR THICK ROPE… OR IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE A HORSE OR BUGGY///ON YOUR BACK. YOU CARRIED AND SLEPT IN WHAT […]
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