Choisy-le-Roi Faïence Kitchen Crock, c.1890–1910

A French faïence fine pot de conservation by Choisy-le-Roi (H. Boulenger), c.1890–1910. The ink stamp is the factory brand; the body itself reads faïence fine — thin, light, with fine raised craquelure. The word "France" on the mark dates it post-1891. A wide-mouth crock made for soft perishables — butter, rillettes, confit, mustard — sealed in use with cloth, paper, or a poured fat cap. The brown interior staining is fat soaked through the craquelure over decades: a use record, not damage.

Choisy-le-Roi, in the Seine valley outside Paris, was founded in 1805; the factory burned in 1952 and is now gone. Honest wear throughout.

• Approx. 3½" tall, 5" mouth
• Holds approx. 24 oz