{"product_id":"vintage-french-stoneware-pot-with-ear-handles","title":"Antique French Confit Pot with Ear Handles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19th century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 inches tall, 4½ inches across the handles, 3½ inch base\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small salt-glazed stoneware pot with two applied ear handles, oreilles, set just below the shoulder. The body is straight-sided in a warm brown, with a flat stepped ledge at the shoulder and a short collar rim rising from it, the ledge being where a lid once seated. The interior is lined in pale grey glaze, and the base is bare buff clay. A size mark reading 3\/C is incised into the body, and dark iron specks scatter through the glaze. There is a small glaze chip at the rim edge. Wear consistent with age and use, sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSalt-glazed grès was the workhorse ceramic of the French kitchen, thrown in quantity by potteries in northern and eastern France and sold plain. Pots this size held fat, mustard, or preserves, and the ear handles were for lifting and for tying a cloth or paper cover down over the rim. Potteries incised a size code into the wet clay so a pot could be ordered by number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyling Ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ears give it a different silhouette from the single-handle pots, so it reads well in a group of small grès at varied sizes. On a desk it holds pens, on a counter a bunch of herbs, on a bathroom shelf brushes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foundresse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57278800986278,"sku":"FD-055-006","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/7645\/6870\/files\/174C4245-B9B6-4A9B-8793-554094CC5D0B.jpg?v=1788804294","url":"https:\/\/foundresse.com\/products\/vintage-french-stoneware-pot-with-ear-handles","provider":"foundresse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}