15.5 INCH FRENCH ANTIQUE POTTERY CONFIT GLAZE JUG EARTHENWARE TERRACOTTA CRUCHE For Sale

IF YOU HAVE BEEN A PRIVATE CLIENT THROUGH MY WEBSITE OR IF YOU HAVE OBTAINED A POTERIE ANCIENNE ON , YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT THESE PROVENCAL CRUCHES THAT ARE CONSIDERED EXEMPLARY. THE TOP FORM BEING THE MARSELLAISS CRUHE, WHICH IS THIS CRUCHE THAT I AM OFFERING. ITHE 'MIRAMAS' ,A LESS DETAILED AND NOT AS GRAND VERSION OF THE TWO IS STILL A BEAUTY AND JUST AS RARE AS THE MARSEILLAIS . THE TWO FORMS WERE MADE IN AUBAGNE RIGHT NEAR MARSEILLE. A 'MARSEILLAIS' CRUCHE WAS NEVER MADE UNLESS ORDERED (SUR MESURE). THEY WERE EXPENSIVE TO BUY AND TOOK MUCH TIME OF DETAIL WORK FOR THE POTTER. THE TOP HANDLE IS ALMOST AN ARTISTIC DESIGN WITH THE HANDLE WENT UP RATHER HIGH. THE WORK ALONE FOR THE HANDLE MUST HAVE TAKEN DETAILED WORK BY THE POTTER. THE CONTRAST OF THE STOUT CENTER DESCENDING TO A BASE IS JUST SO PLEASING TO THE EYE. THESE WERE MADE FROM 1850 OR SO AND FADED AWAY DURING THE 1900S. I HAVE NEVER FOUND AN AUBAGNE CRUCHE NOT WITH JUST THIS STUNNING DESIGN BUT WITH ANY DESIGN AT ALL.I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE U.S. OR PERHAPS THERE ARE 3 OR 4 MORE (PROBABLY JUST ONE) WITH THE HIGH HANDLE, THE HEIGHT IS JUST SHY OF 15 INCHES. IMAGINE! A CRUCHE AT 15 INCHES. THE CENTER BEING STOUT AND TOTALLY ROUND MAKE THE STOUT CENTER A DIAMETER DIMENSION AT 9.5 (OR JUST ABOUT). THE DETAILED DESIGINE IS CALLED 'FRISSÉ' IN FRENCH AND CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS UNDULATING LOOPS DESCENDING. A WONDERFUL RARE PIECE FOR A TRUE LOVER OF THIS WONDERFUL GENRE 'TERRE VERNISSÉE'

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