Blue Martres Tolosane Pot

We found this blue-glazed Martres Tolosane pot in Pézenas—a graceful 18th-century example of southwest France’s ceramic tradition. Made from red clay and finished with a rare cobalt glaze, these pots once held preserved foods like duck confit. Sylvie keeps hers on the entryway table filled with tulips, or by the stove holding wooden spoons.