ANTIQUE FRENCH POTTERY POT CONFIT EARTHENWARE JAR PITCHER VESSEL TERRA COTTA

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THIS GARGOULETTE IN CREAM/PALE YELLOW AND IS THE FIRST I'VE FOUND IN A BEAUTIFUL THICK GLAZE AND MARVELOUS COLOR. SO OLD AND YET NO GLAZE LOSS. THE DESIGN IS THAT OF THE TARN FROM THE ANCIENT FORM PERIOD 1780-1850. IT WAS DEFINITELY MADE BEFORE THE 1820S BASED ON THE FORM.  I CAN'T TELL YOU BEAUTIFUL AT THIS SIZE , 9.5 INCHES WITH THE FORM,DESIGN AND GLAZE COLOR THAT THIS PIECE ...JUST COMES TOGETHER MAKING IT ONE HELL OF A STUNNING GARGOULETTE...I ALMOST KEPT IT...I HAVE 4 SO....VOILA! POUR VOUS. THE GARGOULETTE IS EUROPE'S FIRST NATURAL THERMOS. SEE HOW THE TOP IS CLOSED AND THE LARGER 'TRUMPET FORMED' OPENING WAS FOR POURING IN THE COOL WATER. THIS DESIGN KEPT IT COOL FOR A LONGER PERIOD WHICH WAS MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE MEN WORKING OUTSIDE.
SHIPPING PRICES REFLECT THE CARE OF HAVING IT PACKED BY UPS AND THEIR MATERIALS WHICH IS CORRECT FOR A TRUE EARLY 19THC GARGOULETTE.  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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