Vintage French Salt Glazed Stoneware Crock with Rope Handle

A vintage French stoneware crock, found at a brocante here in rural France.

The pot is salt glazed in a speckled toffee brown, with a pale collar at the rim and two pierced lugs threaded with a rope handle. Pots like this were used in farmhouse kitchens for preserving. It makes a good utensil jar by the stove, a planter, or a vase for tall branches.

Details

• Salt glazed stoneware (grès)
• Two lug handles with rope
• Age: early to mid 20th century
• Height: 20 cm
• Width (including handle): 19 cm

Condition

Good vintage condition with signs of use. There are chips to the rim and small marks to the glaze. The rope is worn and frayed at the knots. Please look at the photos closely, as they form part of the description.

Carefully wrapped and posted from France. Gathered in France by La Ferme Anglaise.