Pottery Pitcher Glazed Terracotta From Maine XVIII

This glazed terracotta pitcher is a real piece of turned pottery, it is not a molded borbotine. The work is therefore a unique piece testifying to a very great mastery of the material. The object is light for a pleasant handling since the pitcher is a table article handled throughout the day. The earthen pitcher may seem modest but if water is used in the earth it is because in crystal decanters it always ends up leaving traces of limestone. Modest because pottery is a popular art, but this pitcher undoubtedly originating in Saint Porchaire has incised decorations certainly symbolizing vegetation, decorations which can be found on very rare pieces of Louis XIV silverware.