FRENCH ANTIQUE POTTERY POT CONFIT VESSEL BOTTLE EARTHENWARE TERRA COTTA JAM POT

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I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THE TREASURE TROVE REGION OF POTERIES ANCIENNES, 'THYE DORDOGNE', WAS NOT REPRESENTED AS WELL AT SERIOUS SHOPS (THE 90S) AND BY COLLECTORS. I FINALLY DECIDED TO GO THERE BY MYSELF AS I ALWAYS LOVED THE GLAZE AND COLOR FROM THIS REGION...A CROSS BETWEEN EMERALD AND FOREST GREEN THAT WAS UNIQUE ONTO ITSELF.  YOU NEVER FIND YELLOW FROM THIS REGION AS THE MINERALS JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE COMP0NENTS FOR THE  MORE UBIQUITOUS COLOR FOUND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. FUNNY THAT GREEN, THAT MORE EXPENSIVE GLAZE...WAS ALL AROUND YOU. WELL I LEARNED WHY EXPERTS OF POTERIES ANCIENNES, DEALERS AND COLLECTORS SKIPPED THE REGION AFTER A FEW TIMES. FIRST TIME. TONS OF SHOPS FILLED WITH BEAUTIES. EVERY SHOP CLOSED UNLESS YOU HAD MADE ;WUR RENDEZ-VOUS'. THEY LIKE TO HANG AND EAT THE LOCAL 'FOIE GRAS' AND DRINK RED MALBEC. 2ND TIME? VERY FORESTED AND SMALL ROADS. THE DUTCH ARE WELL KNOWN FOR LOVING THE REGION AND COMING IN BIG RV'S AND ALSO DRIVING VERY SLOWLY. SEE A RX UP AHEAD ON YOUR SMALL ROAD  SURROUNDED BY FOREST....AND YOU GROANED AND HOPED THEY WERE GOING TO TURN SOON. NEXT TIME I WENT WITH A LOCAL WHO WAS A FRIEND AND KNEW HOW TO LIVE NORMALLY...MOVING QUICKLY ON THE SMALL ROADS... A SHOPS THAT WERE OPEN!  THAT WAS MY 'BINGO' TRIP AND THIS GREEN PRESERVE JAM JAR WAS THE FIRST PIECE I FOUND. I KNEW I LOVED THE DORDOGNE WITH ITS UNIQUE TAKE ON COMMON PIECES AND THAT GREEN GLAZE.
THIS IS A 6 INCH POT À CONFITURE AND IT IS SURE NOT PUT TOGETHER WITHOUT DESIGN. THEY DID NOT MAKE THEM FAST AND GET THEM OUT AS THEY WERE THE POTERIE BOUGH IN LARGE NUMBERS. INEXPENSIVE AND USED FOR ANY REASON....THEY SOLD DAILY. IN THE DORDOGNE , THE FORM WAS MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED AND HAD A BIT OF DESIGN. 6.5 INCHES,,,A LOVELY DETAILED RIM THAT TAPERED INTO A PERFECT 'TOUT DROIT' DESIGN. ALL IN ALL...A 'HECK' OF A PRESERVE POTERIE. AS I SAID, 6.5 INCHES, WONDERFUL CONDITION ..JUST SLIGHT WEAR AROUND THE RIM....A GEREAT, HAPPY (VERY JOLLY REGION) HALF GLAZED SMALLER CONFIT POT WITH A LOVELY DESIGN. I BET YOU 20 JARS OF 'FOIE GRAS' THAT YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER. !!!!!
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SHIPPING PRICES REFLECT THE CARE OF HAVING IT PACKED BY UPS AND ITS HEAVY WEIGHT WHICH IS CORRECT FOR A TRUE FRAGILE POTERIE ANCIENNE.  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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