French Yellow Glazed Tian, 20th Century yellow glaze French Leather Correspondence Box

French Leather Correspondence Box

Frames of this type were popular at the turn of the 20th century

antique French linens

with subtle tonal variation visible within the architectural details

Student of Jansen and Vasseur

French Yellow Glazed Tian, 20th Century yellow glaze French Leather Correspondence BoxWheel thrown terracotta tian, the shallow flaring bowl form used across Provence for mixing, salting, and serving. Two pinched lug handles applied at the rim, with a pulled pouring lip opposite. The interior and rim carry a honey yellow lead glaze that stops partway down the outside and runs in thick drips over the bare clay. Look at the drip edges and you can see a white line between the yellow and the red body. That's a slip, a thin coat of pale