{"title":"Cookware and Bakware","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom stovetop to oven, antique French cookware and bakeware once served generations of cooks in Provence and across France. Hammered copper saucepans, frying pans, Dutch ovens, tart molds, cake molds, pâté terrines, colanders and mixing bowls each carry the memory of meals prepared with care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces were made for real kitchen work. Copper conducts heat beautifully, cast iron holds it steady and ceramics move easily from oven to table. Many show the marks of long use: softened handles, mellowed surfaces, tinning, oxidation, old repairs or the quiet wear of repeated meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced throughout the south of France, antique cookware and bakeware bring warmth, craftsmanship and patina to the kitchen. Some pieces remain useful, while others are best displayed where their shape and history become part of the decor.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"complete-apprentice-copper-set","title":"Antique French Copper Apprentice Set | Daubiere \u0026 Saucepans | 19th Century Masterwork","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper apprentice set represents the ultimate test of a young coppersmith's skill before becoming a master craftsman. These miniature pieces were deliberately made smaller to demonstrate technical mastery while using less precious metal. The ensemble includes an oval daubiere, a lidded stockpot with bail handle, and two traditional copper saucepans with forged iron handles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece showcases the exacting standards required of French metalworkers in the late 19th century. The dovetailed construction on the copper daubiere, the precise riveting, and the delicate tinned interiors all speak to exceptional craftsmanship. The surfaces are in excellent condition, just showing natural aging. One saucepan handle has a loose rivet that could be tightened by a blacksmith or coppersmith. This is patina and wear that cannot be replicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a stunning set. Imaine this compact copper cookware set displayed in a country kitchen or even used for intimate dinner preparations. In France, apprentice sets like this were treasured as proof of mastery and often passed down through generations of cooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether used for delicate sauces or displayed as a testament to French metalworking tradition, this chef d'œuvre brings both history and functionality to your kitchen. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52219958264151,"sku":"COP-002","price":955.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/COP-002-03525.jpg?v=1764074322"},{"product_id":"antique-copper-square-ramekin-set","title":"Antique French Copper Pots | Hammered Pair with Brass Handles | Late 19th to Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pair of antique French copper pots (maybe copper ramekins) are simply amazing with their square shape and rich character. Hand hammered and assembled with brass dovetail seams along the base, these petites marmites likely date from the late 19th to early 20th century, when such construction was still done by hand in regional workshops. No maker's mark is visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is what gets you. A rounded square body with a banded waist, a slight bulge at the bottom, and the warm pinkish glow of polished copper running across every surface. Each of these antique copper kitchen pots has two cast brass handles.  The dovetailed brass seam runs along the base perimeter of each piece. It's craftsmanship that looks like art. They just do not make them like this anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese little hammered copper containers were made for daily kitchen use. Most likely, individual portions were served in these. Today, they can be used for salt or small condiments to bring a touch of Provence to your table. Otherwise, they shine on a kitchen shelf, hold potted flowers on a dressed table, or sit beside the stove as a quiet piece of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA matching pair this small, with this much hand work in it, are difficult to source. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52219968356695,"sku":"COP-005","price":305.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/COP-005-03493.jpg?v=1764074495"},{"product_id":"terra-cotta-two-handled-baking-dish-good-patina","title":"Rustic Mid-Century Vallauris Terracotta Baking Dish with Handles","description":"\u003cp\u003eExceptionally evocative of traditional French kitchen craft, this vintage Vallauris terracotta baking dish carries the unmistakable stamp of STE COMMERCIALE VALLAURIS (AM), linking it to the vibrant cooperative pottery traditions of the Côte d’Azur in the mid-20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-formed and glazed with a warm, earthy interior, the dish is both functional and beautifully patinated. Its gently sloping sides, low handles, and generous surface area lend themselves to classic gratins, daubes, duck confit and oven-to-table entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rich reddish-brown glaze, subtly variegated by firing, reflects the aesthetic pragmatism of everyday French kitchenware produced in Vallauris between the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced directly from a market in Vallauris, this piece embodies the regional authenticity collectors cherish: a workhorse of a dish that bridges utilitarian purpose and Provençal charm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268811780439,"sku":"KWE-004","price":345.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/provence-terracotta-cookware-vallauris-antique-10_53cd6e16-d78d-4cf1-ac0b-c004d5ae23fd.jpg?v=1767896033"},{"product_id":"french-antique-green-glazed-colander-with-plate","title":"Antique French Berry Drainer Set | Green Glazed Earthenware | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fact that the underplate survived with the bowl is what makes this set interesting. Most antique French fruit drainers, or passoires à fruits (fruit strainers), seem to lose their matching plate somewhere along the way. This one did not. Together they still work exactly as intended, the perforated bowl draining above while the plate catches the water below. Simple, practical design that has not needed much improvement over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl itself is full of the details I like to see in country-style pottery. The drainage holes were pierced by hand, not measured or machine-spaced, which gives the pattern a wonderfully natural feel. Turning rings from the wheel remain visible underneath, while the foot ring reveals the warm terracotta clay. The deep copper-green glaze is beautiful, seeming dark around the exterior and brightening to a fresher green inside the bowl. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe you can picture this sitting beside the sink with freshly washed strawberries, cherries, or apricots from the market. It would love to help wash fresh blueberries too... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith both the bowl and plate in excellent condition together, you get the complete experience rather than half of it. This set is ready for use in your kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52274948538711,"sku":"CER-058","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-antique-green-glazed-colander-with-plate-2.jpg?v=1764771658"},{"product_id":"french-antique-marble-mortar-and-pestle","title":"Antique French Marble Mortar \u0026 Pestle | Provencal Silhouette | 18th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eFound at a lovely summertime brocante in Bonnieux, this antique French marble mortar and its turned wooden pestle are just a delight to be around. The mortier en marbre has been carved from a single block of cream marble with the four projecting ear handles that are typical of Provencal kitchen work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can see the natural dark veining running through the stone and the deep ochre staining that has soaked into the marble over generations of grinding garlic, herbs and pistou. The upper edges have been worn smooth from being lifted and held by many hands across many years. The corners where the lobes meet the body have rounded over, the kind of erosion that only comes from centuries of use. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is deep, the rim is thick, and the marble carries the kind of soaked-in patina that only comes from a working kitchen. This antique marble mortar and pestle paired together would have been on the counter daily, used for everything from aioli to tapenade to the Friday night pistou. The wooden pestle is turned with two simple incised rings near the head and shows the darkened, polished surface you get from decades of being held.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA piece like this is special and you can see that it has been in loving hands for centuries. The four-eared lobed silhouette is the textbook Provencal look that is welcomed in any kitchen. This antique French mortar will sit as a statement piece on any countertop and loves to be paired with antique copper or set on an antique wooden cutting board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52274958172503,"sku":"DEC-008","price":615.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-antique-marble-mortar-and-pestle-2.jpg?v=1764771748"},{"product_id":"vallauris-terracotta-milk-pot-societe-generale-am-french-cookware","title":"Vallauris Pot à Lait in Glazed Terracotta, Stamped Societe Generale","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautifully preserved Vallauris pot à lait, stamped Societe Generale, loves to be displayed in any kitchen as a conversation piece. It is formed in terracotta and finished with a luminous ochre glaze that glows warmly at the rim and interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pot was shaped for daily use. Its rounded body, generous proportions, and single pulled handle reflect the ingrained artistry of Provençal kitchen wares designed to be used by the entire family. The exterior remains softly matte, bearing the traces of firing and use, while the glazed interior once protected milk or sauces over gentle heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced in Vallauris during the early twentieth century, this piece belongs to the period when regional cooperatives supplied durable ceramics to homes and cafés across southern France. The stamped mark confirms workshop production rather than later decorative revival, grounding the object firmly in its utilitarian origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it carries a presence that feels intimate and lived in. It is equally compelling styled as a utensil pot, a small planter, or simply left empty on open shelving, where its proportions and surface quietly command attention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52286931632471,"sku":"CER-055","price":495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vallauris-terracotta-milk-pot-societe-generale-am-french-cookware-2.jpg?v=1764937913"},{"product_id":"double-handled-jug-glazed-earthenware-vintage","title":"Antique French Rillettes Pot | Glazed Earthenware | Tigré Drip Glaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French pot à rillettes (rillettes pot) is exactly the kind of kitchen pottery that is simply just amazing to have around. Small, practical, and completely tied to daily life in a country kitchen. Likely thrown sometime between 1880 and 1920, it would have held duck or pork rillettes sealed under fat and kept close at hand in the pantry or cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is squat and sturdy with a rounded bell and two hand pulled strap handles that do not quite mirror one another, which honestly makes it better. The glaze is what really carries the piece though. Rich iron brown with long tigré (tiger stripe) drips of green and manganese black running down the body from the firing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of little French pot that fits anywhere. Beside the stove holding sea salt, on a shelf with old wood and copper, or simply sitting on its own where the glaze can do the work. Small pieces like this are easy to live with and hard to stop looking at once they are there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52394967007575,"sku":"CER-036","price":235.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/double-handled-jug-glazed-earthenware-vintage-2.jpg?v=1766333079"},{"product_id":"rustic-provencal-earthenware-kitchen-jar-traditional-pottery","title":"Antique French Confit Pot | Brown Glazed Interior | Late 19th C","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimple, useful and beautiful... this antique French confit pot is exactly the kind of country pottery that once sat beside the hearth in a working farmhouse kitchen. Known also as a pot à graisse (grease pot), it would have held rendered fat or saindoux (lard) within easy reach for everyday cooking. Likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, consistent with rural French terre vernissée (glazed earthenware) of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body was wheel thrown in warm russet terracotta and left unglazed on the outside, allowing the throwing rings and natural clay color to show clearly. Inside, a rich treacle brown glaze lines the interior and stops neatly at the rim where it catches the light. Two small hand applied loop handles sit high on the shoulder, giving the piece just enough detail without losing its quiet utilitarian feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of pottery that instantly makes a kitchen feel more grounded. Perfect beside the stove holding sea salt or dried lavender from the market. It could also hold a succulent or other small potted plant. Old French confit pots like this carry a warmth and simplicity that modern pottery rarely seems to capture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52408446615895,"sku":"CER-051","price":155.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rustic-provencal-earthenware-kitchen-jar-traditional-pottery-2.jpg?v=1766573321"},{"product_id":"rustic-french-tian-gratin-style-ceramic-shallow-baking-dish","title":"Antique French Gratin Dish | Crackle Glaze | Provençal Tian","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French gratin dish is exactly the kind of pottery I end up digging out from the back corner of a brocante stall. Rustic and clearly used for generations. Likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, the shallow oval form sits firmly in the tradition of Provençal tian (baking dishes) and plats à gratin (gratin dishes). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze combination is what makes this one really work. A cream glazed interior covered in beautiful dense crazing, wrapped by a warm honey brown slip glaze around the rim and outer body. Small chips along the edge reveal the pale clay underneath, and the crackle throughout has that depth only real age can create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of dish that still begs to be used. Tomatoes and zucchini under the broiler, baked figs with honey, goat cheese at the center of the table. Even sitting empty with lemons or walnuts inside, it brings that relaxed Provençal kitchen feeling with it immediately. It's the kind of old pottery that just gets better the longer you live with it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52432163635543,"sku":"KWE-008","price":315.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rustic-french-tian-gratin-style-ceramic-shallow-baking-dish-2.jpg?v=1767094037"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-soufflenheim-goose-ceramic-terrine-dish","title":"Antique French Soufflenheim Covered Terrine | Cobalt Blue with Duck Motif | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French covered terrine came out of Soufflenheim in Alsace, the pottery village famous for turning out some of the warmest, most charming kitchen pottery in France. The underside is stamped Terre de Soufflenheim, IG Friedmann, and the piece likely dates to the mid 20th century. The kind of thing you spot at a brocante and immediately pick up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is fantastic. Deep cobalt blue glaze with a white ondulé (wavy) slip border around the rim, scattered white dot decoration, and three little hand painted ducks walking across the front on green grass. The brushwork is loose and confident in the best way. Inside, the glaze shifts to a warm caramel amber with fine age crazing throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis little Alsatian terrine feels happiest in a working country kitchen. Perfect for pâté, foie gras, sea salt beside the stove, or simply sitting on a shelf where those ducks can make everyone smile when they walk by. This is the kind of pottery that brings personality into a room immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52432167403863,"sku":"KWE-006","price":315.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-soufflenheim-goose-ceramic-terrine-dish-2.jpg?v=1767094216"},{"product_id":"french-white-crackle-glazed-oval-gratin-dish-earthenware","title":"Antique French Gratin Dish | Glazed Earthenware | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French gratin dish is exactly the kind of old kitchen pottery I always end up bringing home from brocantes. Beautiful, useful and worn in all the right places. Likely dating to the early 20th century, the oval terre cuite émaillée (glazed earthenware) body carries the kind of simple provincial form French kitchens relied on for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inside is finished in a warm white glaze with beautiful age crazing throughout, while the outside carries a softly moulded ribbed band that gives the piece just enough detail without trying too hard. Around the foot, the exposed terracotta shows through with the kind of wear only decades of oven use can create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the sort of dish that still begs to be cooked in. Potato gratin, roasted tomatoes, baked fruit in late summer... it still feels completely at home doing exactly what it was made for. Style it next to an old French cutting board or beside some antique copper and wood, it carries that relaxed French farmhouse kitchen feeling with it immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52432188440919,"sku":"KWE-007","price":355.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-white-crackle-glazed-oval-gratin-dish-earthenware-2.jpg?v=1772733245"},{"product_id":"antique-french-terracotta-cooking-vessel-handle-vallauris","title":"Antique French Vallauris Poêlon | Terracotta Cooking Pot | Hollow Handle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French poêlon from Vallauris is exactly the kind of cooking pottery that spent its life beside a real Provençal stove. The S \"STAR\" G Vallauris stamp is pressed into the body below the rim alongside the number 16, dating the piece to the early to mid 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is classic Vallauris: rounded lower body, slightly tapered neck, flared rim, and a hollow tubular handle designed to take a wooden stick so the cook could move it over the fire without getting burned. The inside carries a rich dark brown glaze, while the outside is left as warm bare terracotta. Soot still clings around the base from years of use over flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of pot that looks better with age. Perfect beside the stove holding wooden spoons, dried lavender, or simply sitting on open shelving where the shape and surface can speak for themselves. Old Vallauris cooking pottery with this much wear and patina brings that old world charm into any kitchen setting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52447082283351,"sku":"CER-063","price":298.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-terracotta-cooking-vessel-handle-vallauris-2.jpg?v=1767442026"},{"product_id":"french-vire-style-omelette-plate-yellow-earthenware","title":"Antique French Tourne Omelette | Provencal Yellow Ochre Earthenware | Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French \"tourne omelette\" (omelette turner) is a great piece of Provençal kitchen history, likely dating to the late 19th century. Also known as a vire omelette plate, the form was designed specifically for flipping omelettes the traditional way. That's why it was formed with a wide sloping rim, shallow center well, and a substantial foot underneath that doubles as a grip when turning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePractical and beautiful. It is an inspiring piece of French culinary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earthenware body is finished in a soft yellow ochre glaze with beautiful age crazing throughout. Underneath, kiln marks and glaze drips remain visible, while small rim chips reveal the warm red clay beneath. The single incised ring around the rim is the only decoration, and honestly, it does not need anything more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeaned on a shelf, filled with walnuts in their shells, or actually used for Sunday omelettes, this old vire-tourne carries the feeling of a real Provençal farmhouse kitchen with it. The kind of pottery that feels instantly at home once it is there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52447084970327,"sku":"CER-066","price":330.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-vire-style-omelette-plate-yellow-earthenware-2.jpg?v=1767442336"},{"product_id":"1780-french-utilitarian-faisselle-green-glazed-earthenware","title":"Antique French Earthenware Colander | Jaspe Glaze Passoire | Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French colander has the kind of color and patina that makes aged southern pottery feel so good. The interior is a warm yellow glaze, while the outside carries green jaspe decoration in loose hand-applied splashes. It feels like a colander that was used daily in a real French kitchen... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis passoire (colander) likely dates from the late 19th century and is consistent with southern French jaspe pottery styles.  It is reminiscent of the kind of work associated with villages such as Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terracotta shows through where the glaze has worn at the rim, and there are a few small rim chips from age and use. The yellow and green palette has a soft, lived-in quality that feels completely at home in any home. It is a really wonderful piece of French pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it can still be used as a strainer for fruit, veggies or fresh greens. It would also look beautiful filled with fresh peaches, oranges or just left empty on the counter letting the jaspe glaze catch the light of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the age, we would not recommend hot liquid as the thermal shock may crack the pottery. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52498615796055,"sku":"CER-068","price":445.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/1780-french-utilitarian-faisselle-green-glazed-earthenware-2.jpg?v=1767896188"},{"product_id":"french-provencal-18th-century-earthenware-glazed-pan","title":"Antique French Poêlon | Glazed Earthenware Cooking Pot | Late 19th to Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French poêlon is a great little piece of Provençal kitchen pottery, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The iconic hollow handle is the detail that gives it away. Originally, a wooden stick would slide into the end so the pan could be moved over a hearth fire without burning your hands. There is also a small hand pinched pouring lip at the rim. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior carries a rich deep brown glaze, while the exterior has the original verdigris painted finish. Small glaze drips at the rim and subtle irregularities throughout remind you this thing was made entirely by hand for real kitchen use, not decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is exactly the kind of pottery that looks better the longer you live with it. Set it beside copper where the blue-green verdigris plays off the warm copper vibe. Fill it with olives or figs, or just let the glaze and shape speak for themselves. Old poêlons like this carry a real Provençal kitchen feeling with them, the feeling of a slower pace of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52576920371543,"sku":"KWE-012","price":320.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/18th-19th-century-french-provincial-earthenware-cooking-pot-2.jpg?v=1768763744"},{"product_id":"oval-antique-terracotta-baking-dish-gustave-revol","title":"Antique French Baking Dish | Saint-Uze Revol | Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe wire hanger is what made me stop on this one. At some point in its life, someone knew this antique French gratin dish was precious enough to add wire across the back so it could hang on the wall. I love details like that because they tell me a big part of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by Gustave Revol at Saint-Uze and marked Terre des Alpes on the underside, this substantial oval baking dish dates to roughly 1880–1910, when pottery like this moved seamlessly from oven to table and back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is distinctive. Long and elegant, with molded shell handles at each end that feel almost architectural and very French. The caramel glaze has rich amber tones collectors look for in old terre vernissée (glazed terracotta).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the underside tells the rest of the story. Dark firing and cooking marks cover the base, evidence of years spent over heat. The high points of the shell handles have worn back to the red clay beneath, while light utensil marks cross the interior from generations of family meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I like most is that this dish was clearly used for generations and then preserved for more with the wall hanging. I can promise that this dish doesn't want to be tucked away in a cupboard, but displayed where its inherent beauty can be enjoyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can picture it hanging on a kitchen wall in the Drôme, waiting for the next gratin, roast chicken, or baked fruit tart. The Revol mark gives it provenance. The wear gives it personality. 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A deep glossy brown wraps the outside, while the inside shifts into a warm caramel honey tone that catches the light beautifully. Underneath, the unglazed base still shows the darkened heat wear from decades of cooking. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not delicate pottery. It was built to work. Big enough for roasted garlic, slow cooked vegetables, or simply piled with apples and quince on the counter in autumn. 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The familiar two handled silhouette is deeply tied to traditional French country kitchens, where pots à confit (preserving pots) were once part of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rich chestnut brown glaze covers the upper half, while the lower body remains bare terracotta, a practical detail originally intended to help regulate temperature and storage conditions. Along the underside, traces of authentic fire blackening remain from years spent near heat and flame, giving the piece a feel that modern reproductions never quite achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, this antique Digoin confit jar feels equally compelling used functionally or purely decoratively. 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Likely made in Vallauris in the late 19th or early 20th century, it carries the classic form that defined generations of southern French cooking: a shallow bowl, a small pouring lip, and the iconic hollow handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is what really pulls you in here. Warm caramel ochre on the outside, with a deeper red brown glaze across the inside. There is an impressed oval maker’s mark on the side of the body, and underneath you can still see the dark fire wear from decades spent over an open flame. This piece was not decorative pottery. It worked for a living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA poêlon like this was made for slow, simple cooking. Garlic gently softening in olive oil, eggs in butter, a small daube simmering low for hours. You can feel that history in the surface. Stack it with other terracotta cooking pans like this on the counter for a striking display. It immediately brings that relaxed Provençal kitchen feeling into the room. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52600089182551,"sku":"KWE-017","price":361.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/late-19th-century-vallauris-handled-earthenware-poele-2.jpg?v=1769013785"},{"product_id":"albisola-italian-rustic-terracotta-cookware","title":"Vintage Italian Cooking Pot | Albisola Glazed Earthenware | Coop. Stov. Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vintage Italian cooking pot came out of Albisola in Liguria, the little Mediterranean pottery town known for turning out honest everyday ceramics for generations. The underside carries an impressed cooperative mark along with the number 16, indicating the size in centimetres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely dating somewhere between the 1940s and 1970s, it has all the character of the utilitarian kitchenware produced there during that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast between the inside and outside is fantastic. The exterior is finished in a deep near black glaze that has developed a fine spiderweb craquelure over time, while the inside reveals the warm orange red glazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis terracotta pot has clearly lived in a real kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown in Italy as a pignatta (slow cooking bean or stew pot), pieces like this were built for long simmered meals and everyday cooking. Beans on the stove all morning, a small ragù warming gently in the background, something simple and good cooking slowly while the kitchen filled with the smell of garlic and tomatoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt still works beautifully for that today, but it also looks right at home sitting on the counter loaded with onions straight from the field or some sun-kissed tomatoes. Even when made in Italy, we can bring a touch of Provence with it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640538591575,"sku":"KWE-020","price":155.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/italian-albisola-ceramic-cooking-pot-with-handles-2.jpg?v=1769434303"},{"product_id":"post-war-terracotta-saucepan-with-brown-glazing","title":"Antique French Poêlon | Glazed Terracotta | Hollow Handle, Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French poêlon is a classic Provençal cooking pan, glazed inside in a warm tobacco brown over a natural terracotta body. Stamped Made in France to the underside, likely produced in the mid to late 20th century, consistent with French commercial pottery of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is what makes this antique French glazed terracotta pan so useful. A shallow rounded body, a small pouring spout, and a hollow tubular handle made to receive a wooden stick so the cook could pull it from the fire without burning a hand. The brown glaze runs from the rim down the upper exterior, then stops in a clean line above an unglazed terracotta band at the base. A look that has not changed in a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of antique French earthenware skillet that lived a long life in a Provencal kitchen, sliding in and out of the oven for gratins, escargot in garlic butter, eggs en cocotte. Bring it home and put it to work. Set it on the table with a bubbling tian of summer vegetables and watch it earn its place. After decades of service in a French kitchen, it is still reporting for duty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640632209751,"sku":"KWE-014","price":385.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/post-war-made-in-france-ceramic-skillet-with-handle-2.jpg?v=1769434404"},{"product_id":"grandjean-jourdan-vallauris-terracotta-saucepan-set","title":"Antique French Poêlon Pair | Grandjean Jourdan Vallauris | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French saucepan pair was produced by the Grandjean Jourdan atelier in Vallauris, the celebrated pottery town of the Alpes Maritimes long associated with traditional Provençal ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth ceramics carry the impressed maker’s mark reading Grandjean Jourdan Vallauris A.M., consistent with the workshop’s mid 20th century production. Known in France as poêlons (handled cooking pans with pouring lips), these are classic examples of the utilitarian earthenware cookware once found stacked beside nearly every southern French stove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth ceramic cooking pans are made from glazed terracotta. The dimpled glaze is a hallmark signature of Vallauris. Decades of use have softened the surfaces beautifully over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether brought back into use for slow simmered sauces, slow cooked dinners or displayed on stacked next to your stove, these antique French poêlons bring an effortless sense of Provence into the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful matched pair from a named Vallauris atelier, offering both authenticity and the relaxed warmth of traditional French country cooking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640893043031,"sku":"KWE-016","price":574.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/Grandjean-Jourdan-Vallauris-Terracotta-Saucepan-Set-2.jpg?v=1769434739"},{"product_id":"cream-colored-french-porcelain-terrine-sunburst-base","title":"Antique French Porcelain Terrine | Cream Glazed Pâté Dish | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French porcelain terrine is a beautifully understated example of classic French tableware from the early 20th century. The rectangular form, softened by canted corners and raised on a stepped foot, is topped with a lightly domed fitted lid finished with a small mushroom shaped knop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for both preparation and presentation, the shape reflects the enduring practicality and elegance of traditional French charcuterie service pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body appears to be crafted in fine French porcelain or faïence fine (refined earthenware), finished in a warm ivory glaze with the soft tonal depth rarely found in modern production ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the lid, an oval band of beaded relief frames the central knop, adding a subtle decorative note without overwhelming the simplicity of the terrine. Turn the piece over and a molded sunburst motif radiates across the underside, another thoughtful detail revealing the quality of the original workshop. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown as a terrine à pâté (pâté terrine), pieces like this would once have held country pâtés, rillettes, and preserved meats destined for long farmhouse lunches and gatherings around the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether used today for serving charcuterie, displayed among collected French ceramics, or simply resting on open shelving beside linen and stoneware, this antique French terrine brings quiet refinement and a sense of culinary tradition into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52640983744855,"sku":"POR-055","price":276.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/traditional-french-cream-ceramic-porceline-lidded-terrine-2.jpg?v=1769434854"},{"product_id":"hand-thrown-stoneware-french-terrine-potterie-dalsace","title":"Antique French Cocotte | Alsace Glazed Earthenware | Klein Strasbourg, Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cocotte from Alsace carries both regional charm and a wonderful sense of provenance. Tucked inside the lid is the original paper label for Poterie d’Alsace Klein, once located at 7 Place du Marché Neuf in Strasbourg and operated by the Klein family until 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pottery itself was produced in Soufflenheim, the historic pottery village at the heart of Alsatian ceramic tradition, known for its richly glazed utilitarian earthenware throughout the early and mid 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two tone glaze gives this small covered pot its particularly inviting character. The underside retains an embossed maker’s mark, while the survival of the original Strasbourg retailer label adds an especially appealing layer of history and authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown in France as a cocotte (small covered cooking vessel), pieces like this were made for practical everyday use and still feel entirely at home in a kitchen today. 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Likely produced during the first half of the 20th century, the small lidded earthenware pot carries the warm glaze palette and simple handmade character associated with regional French country pottery of the period. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is finished in two tones, with a rich ochre yellow glaze flowing across the upper portion and domed lid before melting into a deep manganese brown glaze around the lower half.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid rests slightly unevenly on the rim, a detail commonly found in handmade pottery of this era and part of its authentic charm. Small glaze chips and surface wear throughout reflect decades of practical kitchen use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown in France as a faitout or marmite (small cooking pot), pieces like this still feel perfectly suited to modern kitchens today. Whether used as a salt cellar, filled with garlic and shallots beside the stove, or displayed among antique stoneware and copper, it brings an effortless sense of rural French warmth into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lovely addition for collectors who appreciate handmade pottery, aged glaze, and the quiet beauty of objects shaped through everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52641277313367,"sku":"CER-076","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-rustic-ceramic-marmite-baking-dish-with-lid-2.jpg?v=1769435838"},{"product_id":"large-traditional-italian-baking-bowl-with-handles","title":"Antique French Earthenware Baking Dish | Brown and Orange Glaze | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French baking dish is a wonderfully honest example of Vallauris style earthenware from the South of France. Known as a poêlon (small cooking dish or casserole), the piece likely dates to the mid 20th century and carries the warm glaze palette so closely associated with Provençal kitchens of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe deep brown exterior contrasts beautifully against the bright orange amber glazed interior, a color combination long favored throughout the Midi for rustic everyday pottery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe baking dish is low, rounded, and comfortably proportioned, with two small lug handles tucked neatly beneath the rim for lifting in and out of the oven. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces like this were made to move directly from oven to table without ceremony. Perfect for roasted tomatoes with olive oil, a bubbling gratin dauphinois, or baked fruit desserts shared at long Sunday lunches, this antique French casserole dish still feels entirely at home in a working kitchen today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52641287012695,"sku":"KWE-019","price":275.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/large-italian-earthenware-handled-baking-bowl-2.jpg?v=1769436049"},{"product_id":"terracotta-hand-thrown-confit-dish-with-potters-marks","title":"Antique French Tian | Provençal Glazed Terracotta Baking Dish | Early to Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French tian is a wonderful example of the humble pottery forms that have anchored Provençal kitchens for generations. The shallow round earthenware dish is wheel thrown in warm red terracotta, likely dating from the early to mid 20th century. It reflects the straightforward beauty and utility of traditional South of France kitchen pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exterior remains largely unglazed, allowing the natural terracotta body to contrast beautifully against the glazed interior. Soft glaze drips run unevenly down from the rim, the result of traditional dipping and firing methods used in regional pottery workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, wheel turning rings remain visible beneath the glaze, while the underside carries kiln marks and one especially charming detail: the visible sweep of the potter’s fingers through the glaze across the base... a small human trace left behind in the making of the piece. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown in Provence as a tian (a shallow earthenware baking and serving dish), pieces like this were designed to move effortlessly from oven to table. Whether used for gratins, roasted vegetables, or a rustic tarte tatin, it brings an easy warmth and authenticity to the kitchen. Even resting on a counter filled with seasonal fruit or bouquets of garlic, this antique French terracotta dish carries the relaxed spirit of Provençal cooking and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52641338425687,"sku":"KWE-015","price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/mid-century-french-ceramic-oven-dish-with-potters-marks-2.jpg?v=1769436495"},{"product_id":"antique-mustard-glazed-oval-ceramic-baking-dish","title":"Antique French Terrine | Mustard Ochre Glaze | Late 19th to Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French terrine carries the unmistakable warmth and charm of provincial country pottery. The oval form, domed lid with molded floral rosette, and applied side handles are all consistent with production from the Vendeuvre faïenceries in the Aube region and similar French workshops of the late 19th to early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished in a rich mustard ochre glaze, the piece has the earthy palette so closely associated with traditional French farmhouse kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terrine is formed in hand thrown earthenware. The lid is especially appealing, with its molded sunflower style motif radiating outward from the central knop. Small chips along the rim, scattered firing flecks, and natural craquelure across the glaze all contribute to the authenticity and lived character of this terrine à pâté (pâté terrine).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally intended for storing country pâtés, rillettes, and preserved foods, this French terrine still feels perfectly suited to a working kitchen today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether used functionally, displayed alongside antique copper and stoneware, or placed on open shelving where the ochre glaze can catch the light, it brings an effortless sense of rural French atmosphere into the home. 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The crowned maker's mark on the underside ties it to one of France's most respected faience houses, a name that found its way into kitchens across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape is wonderful and clean in its design. It's a shallow earthenware bowl pierced with dozens of drainage holes across the surface. Enough to easily drain just about anything but not too many that it becomes brittle. The perfect balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cream glaze remains bright and glossy and the Digoin Sarreguemines France mark stands out on the back, dating the piece to the early 20th century. There is some light wear to the glaze, a few oxidation specks near the foot, and the soft surface character that develops when a piece spends decades moving between sink, counter, and table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is just amazing is that a century ago, when it was made, it might have held cherries gathered from a garden tree or strawberries brought home from the market. 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Eighteen vintage French baking molds, gathered over years of service and still carrying the same warm patina that ties them together today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group includes a classic fluted brioche mold, a rectangular cake pan, a large patterned baking tray, eight larger and two smaller tartlet molds, and six boat-shaped barquette molds. Several pieces retain the Gaufrex maker's stamp, a French manufacturer established in 1947, placing the collection firmly in the mid-20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach mold was made for a specific purpose. The brioche mold carries the deep petal fluting that gives the loaf its distinctive shape. The tartlet molds were built for individual fruit tarts and pastry shells, while the barquettes were designed for the elongated pastries that still fill French bakery windows today. The larger tray and cake pan are embossed with decorative floral motifs pressed directly into the metal. Over decades of use, the original tin finish has mellowed into a soft pewter tone across the entire ensemble. It just feels good to have this set in the kitchen for some reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe you can picture these tinned steel forms spread across a bakery worktable before a busy weekend, each mold waiting for its turn. That is what is so appealing. They still feel like tools and can be used today to turn out delicious desserts in your own kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set looks fantastic staged on a countertop, on a shelf next to your collection of cookbooks or occasionally pressed back into service. Each piece has the atmosphere of a French pâtisserie... and individually they are charming. 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It's a wonderful design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole piece is printed in green transfer with cooking instructions, the patent numbers, and the words Gold Medal London 1911. Made by Grimwade Brothers at Winton Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, the firm that later became Royal Winton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid is what makes this antique ironstone pudding bowl such a wonderful piece of history. The top carries the full set of cooking instructions, the approximate one-pint capacity, and the 5½-inch size designation. That matters because it was the smallest Quick Cooker offered in the Grimwade catalogue, considerably harder to find today than the larger family-size examples that turn up more regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlip the lid over and you find a printed catalogue of other Grimwade patent products: the Hygienic Household Jars, the Pie Dish, the Safety Milk Bowl, and the Grimwade Jug, each illustrated and described. They built the advertising right into the finish... another brilliant tactic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior glaze remains clean and bright, the green transfer is still crisp, and the central funnel is in good working order. There is a small chip to the rim of the lid, consistent with a piece that has spent more than a century in working kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether displayed on a shelf or pressed back into service for a traditional Christmas pudding, it remains one of those wonderfully inventive pieces of early kitchen history that makes people stop and look twice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52784104046935,"sku":"KWE-059","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/english-ironstone-grimwade-patent-pudding-mold-4.jpg?v=1770912560"},{"product_id":"pair-of-vintage-french-baguette-proofing-baskets-with-linen-liners","title":"Vintage French Baguette Proofing Baskets | Linen Liners | Circa 1940-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe linen is what got me on these. The baskets themselves are beautifully made, but the dark use marks left behind in the cloth after decades of making bread... so authentic.  Turn them over and you can still see the outline of countless loaves that rested there before heading into the oven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese antique French baguette proofing baskets, or bannetons (bread proofing baskets), came out of a working boulangerie and carry the kind of wear that is impossible to fake. Made in France around 1940 to 1950, they have clearly spent most of their lives doing exactly what they were built to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair is hand woven from willow wicker and lined with heavy natural linen stitched into place by hand. Long, narrow, and shallow, they were made specifically for baguettes during their final rise before baking. The weave remains tight and well-proportioned, finished with the traditional over-looped rim and tapered ends. The willow has mellowed into a warm honey-copper tone, while the linen tells the real story of years spent on a bakery bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I like most is that they stayed together. Bakery equipment usually gets used hard, replaced, discarded, or separated over time. These did not. You can easily picture them stacked in the corner of a village bakery at the end of the day, waiting for tomorrow's dough. Today they look just as good holding fresh baguettes, market fruit, or nothing at all. The wear is the appeal here. 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All three are turned hardwood pieces, with surfaces polished naturally through years of handling and daily work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach tool was created for a specific purpose. The lightest piece is a traditional wooden pestle once paired with a mortar now long separated from it. The darker and more sculptural form, with its narrow handle and deep bell shaped head, is a fouloir (wooden masher) traditionally used for working potatoes, chestnuts, or softened vegetables in large bowls and pots. The third piece is a compact kitchen mallet, comfortably sized for tenderizing meat or preparing ingredients on a wooden board. Together, the set creates a wonderful study in old French kitchen utility and handmade form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe varied tones, softened edges, and worn surfaces give these antique wooden utensils an understated warmth that works beautifully in both rustic and modern interiors alike. Styled in a crock on a counter or incorporated into a collection of antique culinary objects, they bring texture, authenticity, and the quiet character of an old French farmhouse kitchen into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis listing shows evidence of historic woodworm activity consistent with age and provenance. The pieces have been treated and are structurally sound. As with all antique wood, periodic preventative care may be considered over time. 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While most Aluminité pieces you encounter are casseroles, gratins, or cooking vessels, finding a serving bowl in this size is far less common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I like most is the restraint. No decoration, no gilding, no attempt to dress it up. Just a beautifully proportioned white porcelain bowl with a broad rolled rim and a shallow basin that makes it incredibly useful. The glaze has held up beautifully, and the clean lines feel just as relevant today as they did when it left Limoges. Sometimes simple pieces are the hardest to find because they were used the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet it out for a Sunday lunch piled high with potatoes, plate a beautiful Cobb salad for lunch with friends, or overload it with roasted vegetables at dinner... this is a workhorse of a dish. It sits equally well filled with lemons on the counter between meals. It is functional, well-made and still doing its job a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52930145681751,"sku":"POR-003","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-limoges-aluminite-white-bowl-2.jpg?v=1772639872"},{"product_id":"rustic-handcrafted-wood-mortar-and-pestle-set","title":"Antique French Wooden Mortar and Pestle | Turned Hardwood | Early to Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimple, purposeful, and well made, this antique wooden French mortar and pestle is a delight to hold. The soft, chestnut color and amazingly smooth finish compliment any modern kitchen. A matched pair like this is a unique find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mortier en bois (wooden mortar) sits on a turned pedestal foot with a smooth, finely shaped bowl. The pestle stands tall above it, finished with a small turned finial at the top and a wide flat working head at the bottom. Likely early to mid 20th century, consistent with traditional French country woodcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this antique wooden mortar unique is the shape of the pilon (pestle). It was made for pressing rather than pounding: ideal for garlic, coarse salt, fresh herbs, or the soft work that goes into a Provencal pistou. The bowl interior is smooth and clean, the exterior shows turning marks and a warm medium brown patina. The interior looks almost new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a usable and working piece of history. It can be used for a quick crush of pepper or rosemary, or set it on the counter as a small piece of France beside the cookbooks. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52930378760535,"sku":"DEC-015","price":262.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-wooden-mortar-and-pestle-kitchen-grinder-2.jpg?v=1772640950"},{"product_id":"large-rustic-french-copper-stock-pot-with-iron-handle-classic-farmhouse-kitchen-vessel","title":"Antique French Copper Cauldron | Hammered | Iron Bail Handle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a special antique French copper cauldron... and it's the craftsmanship from the coppersmith that makes it so. Specifically, the dovetailing is what separates this from other copper pots. Look closely at the images and you'll see that around the base there fine teeth where the coppersmith locked the seams together by hand. This pot was made by a master craftsman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chaudron has a hand hammered body with a thick rolled rim that wraps around an iron core for strength. A wrought iron handle is attached to the cauldron by two brass escutcheon plates. The proportions and craftsmanship set this copper pot at some point in the late 18th to early 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape tells you what this chaudron was for. Tall and narrow rather than wide and shallow, it hung over a hearth fire to heat water. Boiling water was an everyday job in a French country kitchen, for washing, food preparation and laundry. A small copper pot like this was the workhorse that did it. The base carries fire marks from years over the flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA copper pot of this age has a beautiful patina and marks from over two centuries of use. It's perfect on kitchen counter loaded with fresh apples. 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Most of those hammer marks have softened back into the metal or have been gently worn. This piece just screams authentic patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was created in the early 19th century, hand formed from a single sheet of copper.  This took talent to create. The handles are cast brass, with each held to the body by four iron rivets. Iron, not copper. That iron rivet construction is a signature of early French chaudronnier work, before the trade industrialized and copper rivets became standard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small antique French copper serving bowl can be used today to hold fruit on the counter or be displayed with other fantastic antique copper creations. The warm copper glow from this bowl is just delightful to see in person. It is simply a patina that is impossible to recreate. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52986648920407,"sku":"COP-011","price":415.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-copper-saute-pan-with-brass-handles-2.jpg?v=1773233165"},{"product_id":"antique-french-copper-colander-set-with-claw-feet-and-perforated-lids","title":"Antique French Copper Colander Set of Three | Brass Paw Feet | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis set of three antique French copper colander bowls offer a beautiful display to any kitchen. The graduated trio of passoires en cuivre (copper colanders) was likely produced in France between roughly 1890 and 1910, made for the kitchens that prized beautiful tools as much as beautiful food. No maker's mark visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach antique copper kitchen bowl was shaped by hand, with a rolled rim and a defining banded girdle around the lower body. The drainage holes are punched in small flower clusters, a rosette pattern that turns a working detail into ornament. Squared brass bracket handles are riveted to the rim. Each bowl rests on three cast brass paw feet, the kind of finishing touch you only see on pieces that were made to be looked at as well as used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStack them on an open shelf and the warm copper glow gives a kitchen its anchor. Use the smallest as a berry bowl, the middle for cherry tomatoes coming in from the garden, and the largest as a fruit bowl by the window. This antique French copper strainer set carries the everyday charm of a Provençal farmhouse, shaped by more than a century of use and ready to begin the next chapter in your home. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52997405344087,"sku":"COP-003","price":495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-copper-strainer-bowls-with-brass-feet-set-2.jpg?v=1773323746"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-copper-saucepan-with-lid-by-pierre-vergnes","title":"Antique French Copper Saucepan | Pierre Vergnes Durfort | Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper saucepan was made by Pierre Vergnes in Durfort, a small village in the Tarn known for its long history of copper craft. The Vergnes workshop opened in 1950 and still produces professional grade tinned copperware in the same way it always has. This casserole en cuivre is signed in clear script just below the handle, with a thickness and weight that tells you immediately it was built for a working kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is heavy gauge copper with a long forged iron handle riveted to the side using three large copper rivets. The fitted copper lid sits squarely on the rim and carries its own forged iron loop handle. The interior tinning has worn through over decades of cooking, leaving exposed copper across most of the base and lower walls. The exterior has aged into a warm, mellow patina that is impossible to fake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a piece with a working life behind it. Pierre Vergnes pots passed through serious French kitchens for a reason, and this antique French copper pot has clearly earned its keep. Set it on a shelf above the stove with the lid on, hang it from a pot rack, or fill it with bunches of dried herbs on the counter as a pinch pot. 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Each one is hand worked in copper with a tin lining, fitted with an iron hanging ring, and likely dates from the late 19th to early 20th century, consistent with French chaudronnier work of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat sets these small French copper molds apart is the relief. The domed top is worked into a tight spiral pattern, almost like a turban, ringed below by a band of pointed dart shapes that catch the light. The tin linings are intact with light age darkening, and the warm copper has aged naturally to a soft, lived in tone. They just do not make them like this anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicture the two of them on a kitchen shelf in Provence, leaning against an old plate, or hung side by side above a stove in a quiet country house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are made to be used, for sure. Try turning out a small custard or a mini-cake for an intimate Sunday lunch. The spiral pattern should come through perfectly. 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These pans have seen scores of sauces, gobs of melted butter, delicious reductions and all the little cooking tasks that serious kitchen might do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something satisfying about seeing five graduated copper pans together. Each one has a warm copper exterior, a tinned interior, and a riveted brass handle. The graduated handles match the pan size and each has a hanging eyelet at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese antique French copper saucepans likely date from the early to mid 20th century. The copper is lighter gauge, often associated with home cook use rather than the thicker restaurant level copper.  The interiors are lined in tin for food contact. No maker’s mark present, but the construction and materials are consistent with French copper cookware from the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copper has been polished to a warm glow with some small surface marks. 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Two flat strap handles sit on the shoulder making the iconic shape everyone loves... this is the kind of detail a good country potter could not resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely circa 1880 to 1940, it could be a storage pot or a \"toupin\" that had never been used on the fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is a deep iron brown glaze, glossy and dark, that has run over the rim in places and dripped a short way down the warm bare clay outside. That contrast between the dark inside and the soft sandy exterior is what makes a small antique French kitchen pot like this one come alive on a shelf or counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is visible wear here, including a small chip near one handle base, a few firing irregularities, and gentle abrasion aged naturally over decades of use. After a long working life in a French country kitchen, it is still ready to serve. 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It has likely been produced in the mid 20th century, consistent with other copper cookware of that period utilizing Apilco ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is exactly what you want in a piece like this. Hand spun copper exterior on the lower saucepan, riveted bronze handles with the warm patina that only develops over decades. But it's the heavy white porcelain bowl with copper collar that gives this cookware so much character. The domed copper lid finished with a brass acorn finial fits both pots. It is a beautifully crafted piece of French copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage Apilco double boiler like this one was the working tool of every serious French kitchen. Melted chocolate, hollandaise, custards... everything that make French cooking what it is. Well, all of them passed through pots like this one. 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Designed for poaching whole fish, the elongated body was created with softly rounded ends and a single forged iron handle. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visible brass brazed seams at the corners, where the end caps join the long copper panels, are particularly appealing details that point to traditional hand assembled construction dating likely from around 1870 to 1890.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface carries decades of beautifully authentic aging. The exterior copper has developed a warm mottled patina with touches of verdigris gathered naturally around the seams and handle attachments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the original tin lining (étamage) inside has oxidized into soft grey green tones that only time can produce... it would need retinning to be used for cooking. Every irregularity across the surface speaks to the handmade nature and the long life it once lived in a working kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, this French copper fish poacher brings more decorative warmth than culinary utility, though that history remains part of its charm. Whether styled along the top of a hutch or used as a centerpiece filled with bread or seasonal branches, it adds an unmistakable Provençal atmosphere to a space. This piece is also perfect for succulents or a planter outside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53160262598999,"sku":"COP-026","price":495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-copper-poaching-pan-with-iron-handle-kitchenware-2.jpg?v=1774876358"},{"product_id":"french-country-copper-serving-pot-with-ornate-iron-stand-and-wooden-grip-handle","title":"Antique French Copper Fondue Set | Hammered Pot | Iron Warmer Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper fondue set captures the warmth and spirit of long, cozy meals gathered around the table. The hammered copper pot rests within an elegant wrought iron réchaud (warming stand) formed from three scrolling uprights, centered over a small copper spirit burner and anchored by a round dished tray below. Likely dating to the mid 20th century and produced in France or the Alpine region, the set reflects the enduring appeal of traditional copper table service pieces made for both beauty and utility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe perfectly sized pot is fitted with a domed lid topped by a turned wooden finial, while a long wooden side handle extends from a forged iron bracket riveted securely to the body. Designed for practical use as much as presentation, this vintage copper fondue pot would have been equally at home holding cheese fondue, warming spiced wine, or serving rich sauces during extended winter dinners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface texture is especially appealing. Hand hammered cuivre martelé (hammered copper) covers both the body and lid, creating movement and depth across the warm copper finish. Inside, the tin lining is in good standing order, reflecting the original hammer work beneath. The wrought iron stand has aged into a soft patina that contrasts beautifully against the copper tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether displayed on open shelving or returned to use for intimate gatherings, this complete antique copper warming set brings an inviting sense of atmosphere and old world charm to the table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53160550072663,"sku":"COP-028","price":445.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rustic-french-copper-serving-pot-with-scroll-iron-warmer-stand-2.jpg?v=1774877249"},{"product_id":"traditional-french-copper-cooking-cauldron-with-iron-handle","title":"Antique French Copper Cauldron | Hand Hammered Lidded Marmite | 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper cauldron carries the sculptural presence that is unique... it  feels almost architectural. This is a standout piece for anywhere within the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rounded hand hammered body rises into a softly tapered form fitted with a flat lid and suspended from a long forged iron bail handle that arcs gracefully overhead. Likely dating to the mid or late 19th century, the piece reflects the kind of hand built provincial craftsmanship rarely encountered today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction details reveal the quality of the work. Hammer marks, or cuivre martelé (hammered copper), remain visible across the entire surface, giving the piece a rich texture that catches light beautifully. Inside, the original tin lining (étamage) remains intact, while a soft verdigris around the rivets and under the lid speaks to decades of use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces like this bring an unmistakable warmth to an interior. Whether placed beside a fireplace filled with kindling, styled on a kitchen island, or displayed among collected copper cookware, this antique French marmite offers both scale and character in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aged copper surface glows softly in the light, making it a striking addition for homes that appreciate authentic craftsmanship, timeworn materials, and the enduring beauty of old French kitchenware.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53162842849623,"sku":"COP-029","price":915.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-copper-preserving-pot-lidded-cauldron-rustic-kitchen-2.jpg?v=1774888667"},{"product_id":"antique-french-copper-potato-ricer-with-wooden-handle-and-perforated-interior","title":"Antique French Copper Strainer Pot | Wall Perforated Passette | L. Fraiche Carcassonne","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first detail that draws the eye on this antique French copper strainer pot is the maker’s plaque mounted proudly to the front: L. Fraiche, Constructeur, Carcassonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small brass medallion, stamped with the number 4, gives the piece an unmistakably unique character. Formed as a low cylindrical vessel with hand brazed copper construction, it is reinforced with brass bands at the top and base and fitted with a turned wooden handle secured to a riveted brass plate. Likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, it reflects the practical craftsmanship of provincial French copper ateliers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is particularly interesting. Unlike a traditional colander or passoire, the base remains solid while the perforations are punched through the upper side wall just beneath the brass rim. Designed to be tipped while pouring, the liquid would pass through the carefully spaced holes while solids remained inside. Pieces like this were often used in dairies, kitchens, or wine cellars throughout regions such as Languedoc, where practical workshop tools were built to endure daily use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the back, the hand formed dovetail seam remains clearly visible, showcasing the skill of the original coppersmith. Inside, the worn tin lining (étamage) bears the soft marks of long use, while the brass bands and wooden handle have aged to a beautifully mellow patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether displayed among a collection of antique copper or incorporated into a kitchen that values authentic kitchenware from a bygone age... this unusual French copper passette brings both history and sculptural presence to a space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53162873356631,"sku":"COP-031","price":385.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-copper-vegetable-press-perforated-strainer-pot-2.jpg?v=1774889319"},{"product_id":"antique-french-copper-colander-pan-with-riveted-ring-handles","title":"Antique French Copper Colander | Hand-Tinned Passoire | 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper colander caught my attention because it feels so clearly made by hand. The perforations, the hammered copper, the iron ring handles, the worn tinning... everything about it has the feeling of a working French kitchen before things became standardized in a factory. It was made to drain, rinse, wash, and be used hard. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the craftsmanship that has turned something so practical into something genuinely beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown in France as a passoire, this antique copper colander likely dates from the first half of the 19th century, consistent with the construction and materials. The walls rise gently to a heavy rolled rim, strengthened with an iron rod set inside the copper. This was made to be used daily, and most likely was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior still holds its old hand tinning, or étamage, worn through in places to the warm copper underneath. That tinning is an important detail because it shows this was made for food contact, likely used for washing produce, draining blanched vegetables, rinsing soaked grains, or handling whatever the kitchen needed that day. There is also a period soldered repair across the underside, done long ago and now fully absorbed into the patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible in all the right places. The tinning is worn, the copper has deepened, there is surface oxidation, and the copper is thinner in some places than others. None of it takes away from the piece. It is exactly the kind of wear that makes old kitchen copper feel alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hanging on a wall, layered into a copper collection, or used as a low display bowl for fruit, walnuts, dried lavender, or market vegetables. It has so much potential in the modern household and is waiting for its next chapter to unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53168576168279,"sku":"COP-047","price":633.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rustic-provencal-perforated-copper-draining-pan-2.jpg?v=1774968746"},{"product_id":"antique-french-copper-cauldron-hand-raised-brass-mounts-and-iron-bail","title":"Antique French Copper Cauldron | Unique Repairs | 17th to 18th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper cauldron is really unique. it has a repair like I've never seen before that looks almost like a miniature door. It's really amazing. You can see that the copper is deeply worked, patched and riveted. Somebody really loved this little copper cauldron enough to get it repaired several times. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis chaudron en cuivre (copper cauldron) likely dates from the 17th or 18th century, consistent with the hand made nature, early brass mounts, forged iron bail and old working repairs. Pieces like this were used in French farmhouse kitchens for cooking over an open hearth, long before modern cookware or standardized production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe repair work is actually incredible. You can see that it went through the copper wall and has been hammered smooth on the inside.  Perhaps once there was a handle of some sort in this location? It is difficult to tell and adds to the history of this piece of antique French copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brass handle mounts are fixed with hand-cut copper rivets, an early construction detail that separates this from later production pieces. The forged iron bail still swings cleanly, and verdigris has settled into the seams, rivets and aged repairs. The copper surface catches the light across every dent and hammer mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a kitchen hearth filled with dried lavender, beside a stone fireplace holding kindling, or displayed where the repairs and handwork can be seen up close. It is still a functioning piece of copper first and a conversation piece second.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53501587161431,"sku":"COP-036","price":360.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-hand-raised-copper-cauldron-brass-mounts-1.jpg?v=1778266960"}],"url":"https:\/\/theprovencecollection.com\/collections\/cookware-and-bakware.oembed?page=4","provider":"The Provence Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}