THE’TOUPIN’ WAS A VERY PERSONAL COOKING UTENSIL. ONCE YOU HAD YOUR OWN, THE TASTES AN USE OVER THE YEARS WERE PART OF YOUR RECIPE THAT COULD ONLY CREATE THE SAME TASTE EACH TIME MADE. YOU CAN SEE THE LONG’POIGNEE’ (HANDLE)… WITHE HOLE AT THE END CAUSING AN AIR FLOW THAT KEPT THE LONG POIGNEE FROM GETTING TO HOT. THE REASON BEING, THE TOUPIN WAS USED TO START THE VERY START OF MAKING A RECIPE. IN THE SOUTH MANY AREAS HAD NON-REFRACTORY CLAY WHICH MEANT IT COULD NOT BE USED IN HEAT BUT…. THE AREAS IN PROVENCE DID HAVE NUMEROUS CLAYS WITH THE RIGHT DEPOSITS OF MINERALS (SILICA, AQUIFOIX) THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, IF NOT TO USE IN THE OVEN, TO BE ABLE TO GET NICE AND HOT WHEN BRAISING, WARMING OVER A FIRE. STARTING INGREDIENTS FROM THESE SOUTHERN REGIONS IF I MAY GENERALIZE, TENDED TO BE ASSORTMENTS OF GARLIC, OIL, VERBENA, TILIEUL AND MOST…. THE BASIS FOR MOST MEALS FOR DINNER, ESPECIALLY IN MIXED STEWS AND SUCH. I’VE HAD THIS STUNNING 7.5 INCH TOUPIN WITH THE CREAM JASPE GLAZE SINCE 1998. IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY WITH THE GLOW OF THE CREME AGAINST THE CARAMEL JASPE. IT WAS SO FULL OF AGE AND IT ACTUALLY HAD MILD SCENTS TO THE INTERIOR OF ANOTHER TIME. EVEN BACK THEN I KNEW THAT IT WAS VERY OLD, EARLY 19TH C AND WAS MADE WITHOUT A DOUBT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PROVENCE IN ST QUENTIN LA POTERIE. YOU WILL BE AWED WHEN YOU OPEN THE PACKAGE… AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME AND PLENTY DO IN THE WORLD OF’TERRE VERNISSÉE’… THEY KNOW I DON’T SAY THINGS LIKELY. NEVER HAVE SEEN ANOTHER AND HAVE KEPT IT IN MY COLLECTION FOR 23 YEARS. 7.2 – 7.5 INCHES. PERFECT CONDITION WITH PLENTY OF NORMAL AGE USE. USED AS ONE OF A COOK’S UTENSIL IN THE KITCHEN. DEBUT OF THE 19TH C. NEVER HAS ONE PIECE ARRIVED WITH A PROBLEM! Jaunes et Vertes Antique French Glazed Pottery. New York – Provence. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Jugs & Pitchers”. The seller is “eddietuilerie707″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Features: Decorative
• Pattern: JASPE
• Time Period Manufactured: 1800-1849
• Production Technique: Pottery
• Item Height: 7.2-7.5
• Country/Region of Manufacture: France
• Origin: FRANCE
• Material: Terracotta, Ceramic, Stoneware, Clay
• Model: UNKNOWN
• Shape: JAR WITH HANDLE
• Finish: Lead Glaze
• Production Style: Art Pottery
• Brand: Unmarked
• Style: ANTIQUE KITCHEN GLAZED POTTERY
• Antique: Yes
• Color: Multicolor
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Type: Jug