Tiny Dieulefit pitcher 3½"

Dating from the late nineteenth-century, this adorable tiny 'pot Suisse' has yellow glaze that has been decorated with a sponge with blue floral motifs. Originally used for Heating water or coffee and pouring into a cup - note the beak is perpendicular to the handle.

Scanned page from the book Terres de feu, de lumière et de songes - Dans le Midi français, Xème-XXème siècle, Henri Amouric and Lucy VallauriJean-Louis Vayssettes.