The Pouring-Lip Bottle
The Pouring-Lip Bottle
A French bottle in warm putty-coloured grès, made for pouring rather than sealing: the short collar is pinched by hand into a small lip, and there is no fitting anywhere for a bail. Bottles of this shape held oil, vinegar and ink in the cork era.
Unmarked, France, circa 1880–1930. Stoneware with an unglazed base.
Condition: no chips of note, no cracks through the wall. The glaze is crazed evenly across the body — the age lines that give it its soft colour. One long fine line runs from shoulder to foot; it sits in the glaze only and does not pass through.
Measurements: H 28 × D 8 cm / H 11.0 × D 3.1 in.
It makes a very good single-stem vase.
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