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 FINEST POT À CONFIT THAT I EVER FOUND IN 1996 FROM THE’QUEEN OF TERRE VERNISSÈE’, MME. BACHELIER AT THE MOST FAMOUS ANTIQUE MARKET IN THE WORLD,’LA MARCHÉ AUX PUCES’ IN CLINGACORT RIGHT AT THE BORDER OF PARIS. SHE YIELDED TO ME BECAUSE WE HAD BECOME FRIENDS, A FELLOW PASSIONATE COLLECTOR WHICH WAS HAD NEVER […]
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Antique French Gargoulette Stoneware Pottery Water Jug Unglazed 19th Century. No chips or cracks. Some surface wear and minor signs of use but nothing prominent. Holds and pours water as intended. These Gargoulettes would be used to cool boiling water at a fast rate as the clay helps to cool liquids rapidly. This unique piece […]
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Antique French Gargoulette Stoneware Pottery Water Jug Unglazed 19th Century. No chips or cracks. Some surface wear and minor signs of use but nothing prominent. Holds and pours water as intended. These Gargoulettes would be used to cool boiling water at a fast rate as the clay helps to cool liquids rapidly. This unique piece […]
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THEY WERE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS THE FIRST ANTIQUE SHOP AND EXPERTS IN FRENCH COUNTRY. THEY BECAME SO FAMOUS WITH THE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES FROM EVERYTHING AVAILABLE IN FRANCE IN THE 60S-70S THAT THEY STARTED PUTTING A MARK ON THE BOTTOM OF THEIR POTTERY WOTH THEIR NAME. IT GAME THE PIECE QUITE A […]
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