THIS IS THE CRUCHE FORM FOR POURING WATER AT DINNER. EACH REGION HAD ITS OWN DESIGN BUT THE CRUCHE OF LANGUEDOC, WITH ITS TWO HANDLES, ONE USED AS A SPOUT, WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST INNOVATIVE CRUCHE (CALLED ORJOL IN LANGUEDOC). AS THESE VESSELS WERE VERY HEAVY WHEN FILLED WITH WATER… […]
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THE VAL DE SAÔNE BRESSAN CRUCHE. AN ANOMALY FOR THE PERIOD WHEN POTTERS WERE TRYING TO OUTPACE EACH OTHER TO CREATED ANOTHER VERSION OF THE MODERN 18TH CENTURY CRUCHE THAT FIRST BEING INTRODUCED AT THE YEARLY POTTER’S FAIR, CAUSING A BIG SENSATION. E BIG STIR OF ADDING THE TOP CARRYING […]
NEW COLLECTION MADE IN’BAR BOULUD – Lincoln Center’. THE CRUCHES FROM ST QUENTIN LA POTERIE… RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PROVENCE AND YES.. ENTERING THE REGION OF’TERRE VERNISSEE PROFOND’. THESE CRUCHES HAD A WONDERFUL SHAPE. THE CURVY BELLY THAT ALMOST GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF AN’S’ BUT THE CRUCHE IS ACTUALLY […]
19TH CENTURY CRUCHE (ORJOL) OF THE REGION OF LANGUEDOC, TOWN OF MATRES FAMOUS FOR MORE DELICATE GLAZE. 14 INCHES, MUSEUM CONDITION. STUNNING LIGHT BLUE WITH RARE CREME GLAZE ON THE INTERIOR AND RIM. MADE AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST CRUCHES OF LANGUEDOC […]
NEW COLLECTION MADE IN’BAR BOULUD – PALM BEACH. THE PROVENCAL HALF-GLAZED CLIOUSCLAT CRUCHE. The lime green that takes on every hue of this beautiful green is only found in Cliousclat, close to the Dauphine/Savoie border where all glaze colors are softer. Green and what a Green it… The most stunning, […]
NEW COLLECTION MADE IN’BAR BOULUD – PALM BEACH. I have never found one in Green and what a Green it… The most stunning ever. Perfect glaze with the most stunning emerald green with a cavalcade of hues of greens including the bottom. This for only made in Castelnaudary, Languedoc. The […]
WHITE LINE ON PHOTO IS NOT ON CRUCHE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT THE PHOTO. 19TH CENTURY CRUCHE (ORJOL) OF THE REGION FROM THE GIRONDE (WEST OF TOULOUSE) TO SAINTONGE (ON THE ATLANTIC). THESE CRUCHES ARE JUST STUNNING IN COLOR AND A FORM WHICH IS THE ONLY AREA THAT […]
You are looking at a charming rare French Antique Pot Terre Vernissee (Glazed Earthenware) Faience Jug Water Pitcher. 91/2 high (see last picture). The fabulous decoration makes it UNIQUE. A heavy impressing work of art with a super paint strokes dating from the late 19th Century-early 20th Century. Probably originated […]
THE RAREST OF ALL POTS A CONFIT. THE FULL BLUE GLAZE ONLY MADE IN CASTELNAUDARY FROM 1800 – 1850. I OBTAINED THIS GLAZED COBALT BLUE , IN STUNNING CONDITION, FROM ONE OF THE TOP COLLECTORS IN ALL OF FRANCE (PARIS). IT IS BEYOND BEAUTIFUL AND I KEPT IT A WHILE […]