Rustic Stoneware Confit & Oil Pots

These are the sort of straightforward, useful pottery vessels that were once part of everyday French kitchens and store cupboards. Stoneware was well suited to storing food and liquids because its hard-fired body and glazed surfaces made it more resistant to moisture than ordinary earthenware.

The collection includes handled pots, a lidded jar, a broad confit-style pot, a two-handled vessel and a large pouring jug. Their exact original contents can't be known, but forms like these were commonly produced for storing, preserving and pouring foodstuffs and liquids. Rather than treating them purely as decorative pieces, we like finding new uses for them around the house.

Each piece is sold individually – please select the corresponding number when ordering.

All are old, used pieces and condition varies between pots. Expect surface wear, glaze losses, firing marks, discolouration, knocks and irregularities consistent with their previous working lives. Please refer closely to the individual photographs when choosing your piece. If using as a planter, we recommend placing a watertight container inside rather than planting directly into the pot.

No two are quite the same. It's the mix of shapes, old glazes and heavily used surfaces that makes them look so good together. One filled with wooden spoons on a kitchen worktop or a few grouped with plants and other old pottery is probably how we'd use them now.