{"product_id":"antique-french-apothecary-jar-clay-marbles-billes-en-terre-collection","title":"Antique French Apothecary Jar | Clay Marble Collection | c. 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is the contents that make the piece. This antique French apothecary jar, or bocal de pharmacie (pharmacy jar), dates to the late 19th or early 20th century and is paired here with a collection of antique clay marbles gathered in France over time. The combination feels surprisingly natural. One object made to hold and preserve, the other made to be played with, both carrying the quiet charm of everyday life a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe jar is hand-blown clear glass with rounded shoulders, a cylindrical body, and a heavy ground-glass stopper that still seats securely in the frosted neck. The fit is exactly what you hope to find in an old pharmacy jar. Inside are well over a hundred antique billes en terre (clay marbles) in faded shades of blue, green, yellow, red, and grey. Look closely and no two are quite alike. Some are slightly out of round, others carry small firing marks or imperfections from their making. The colors have softened beautifully with age, creating the kind of palette that only time can produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI find myself reaching for pieces like this because they invite a second look. From across the room it reads as a handsome antique pharmacy jar. Up close, the marbles become the story. The colors shift as the light moves through the glass, and every marble feels like a small survivor from another era. Set on a bookshelf, a desk, or a kitchen shelf, it brings a little curiosity with it. The jar is beautiful. The collection inside is what makes it memorable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53504085524823,"sku":"DEC-004","price":425.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-apothecary-jar-clay-marbles-billes-en-terre-collection-2.jpg?v=1778696060","url":"https:\/\/theprovencecollection.com\/products\/antique-french-apothecary-jar-clay-marbles-billes-en-terre-collection","provider":"The Provence Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}