French farmhouse dairy bowl
An antique terracotta dairy bowl, with a spout, from rural France.
This example has an attractive dry finish to the exterior and a glazed interior in order that it be non-porous. This interior is now worn.
It would have had many uses in the kitchen including principally skimming cream which rises to the top of the milk for taking off to be churned into butter. These were also used as mixing bowls or for proving dough for bread.
Beyond its original use, these work beautifully now as fruit bowls, planters or decorative pieces, covered in a unique texture from its hand fabrication and years of use and collecting marks.
35cm diameter across the top X 11cm tall.
£75
An antique terracotta dairy bowl, with a spout, from rural France.
This example has an attractive dry finish to the exterior and a glazed interior in order that it be non-porous. This interior is now worn.
It would have had many uses in the kitchen including principally skimming cream which rises to the top of the milk for taking off to be churned into butter. These were also used as mixing bowls or for proving dough for bread.
Beyond its original use, these work beautifully now as fruit bowls, planters or decorative pieces, covered in a unique texture from its hand fabrication and years of use and collecting marks.
35cm diameter across the top X 11cm tall.
