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A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.
Antique French Limagnes Cook Pot - Rare Rear-Handle Earthenware
A cleaned 19th-century French terracotta cook pot with a rich, glossy plum-brown glaze and a rare twin-handle configuration at the rear. The rim features a contrasting creamy white tin glaze with pale blue drips running over the handles. An original iron wire reinforcement is visible around the rim. The pot includes its original lid and shows authentic heat-related crackling and blackened areas from historical hearth use.

Antique French Limagnes Cook Pot - Rare Rear-Handle Earthenware

£130.00
£130.00

A study in deep, delicious contrast. This 19th century French cook pot has been carefully cleaned to reveal a glossy plum brown glaze that acts as a dramatic backdrop for cascading drips of creamy white tin glaze.

This isn’t your typical provincial vessel. Its rare configuration of twin handles placed together at the rear echoes the "pegau pichet" forms of the Limagnes region, a design dictated by its life beside a farmhouse hearth. This is a true "Working Stiff," wearing its history in the form of a thin iron wire reinforcement around the rim and soft heat-blackened areas where the fire once licked the clay. The fine firing lines and heat-crackling aren't flaws; they are the fingerprints of a century of utility.

With its generous, rounded body and sculptural silhouette, this pot is a commanding anchor for a modern rustic interior. Now that the years of grime have been lifted, the depth of the glaze is extraordinary. Style it as a centrepiece on a large kitchen island or an open dresser, where the light can catch those painterly glaze runs. It is a piece that carries the quiet weight of the past into the heart of a contemporary home. Now carefully cleaned and ready for its next chapter, we are committed to ensuring this 'Working Stiff' survivor reaches its new destination in perfect historical condition."

Giving a beautiful future to pieces with a past.

The Nitty-Gritty

  • Origin: Limagnes Region, France

  • Era: 19th Century

  • Material: Glazed Terracotta / Earthenware

  • Condition: Excellent antique condition. Cleaned to reveal a rich glaze; features authentic period repairs (iron wire), firing marks, and heat-related wear consistent with age and use.
  • Height 12 Inches 30cm 
  • Diameter 11.5 Inches 29 cm

 

Shipping, Collection & Trust

📦 Postage: £11.00 (UK Shipping Only). As a heavy, authentic piece of provincial earthenware, we take immense care in our packaging. This pot will be shipped using 100% recycled and plastic-free materials.

    UK Shipping Only: Due to the fragile nature and historical importance of our 19th century pottery, this item is available for UK Shipping Only. We take this measure to guarantee that these storied pieces arrive safely and are preserved for the future.

    International Customers: While our ceramics are restricted to the UK, our Antique French Linens and other non pottery items remain available for Worldwide Delivery.

    Click & Collect: Free collection is available from our 1,000 sq ft standalone shop at Dagfields Craft & Antiques Centre, Nantwich. Simply select the "Pick up" option at checkout.

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