Vallauris Lidded Bean Pots, Pair, Vintage French Earthenware, Terra Cotta Clay and Brown Glaze, Made in France

For centuries before Picasso made it famous, Vallauris on the French Riviera was the place to buy cookware. Its local clay holds up to long hours of heat, and the town's potters built a reputation on pots meant for the hearth and the oven. The craft took firm root in the 1500s, when families from Genoa resettled the town after an epidemic, and by the 1800s Vallauris potteries were shipping kitchenware well beyond Provence. These lidded bean pots carry that tradition: a rounded, sturdy body with a looped handle, a domed lid topped with a knob, and a glossy chocolate-brown glaze flowing over warm sand-to-terracotta clay. Each pot bears its Vallauris stamp, some on the side and some on the base, and no two match exactly in size or tone. Sold in pairs. Test glaze before cooking.

Dimensions (each): 5.5"" W (with handles) 3.5" H (with lid)