{"product_id":"antique-french-stoneware-mixing-bowl-tian-1011268","title":"Antique French Stoneware Mixing Bowl Tian Brown Glaze Farmhouse Pottery 1011268","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003eFrench stoneware mixing bowl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tian -- the classic French stoneware mixing bowl used in farmhouse kitchens across the French countryside for generations -- this broad, low-sided vessel is made from a dense, unrefined clay body fired to a warm brown that deepens with age. The form is generous and practical, the walls rising in a confident outward curve from a small unglazed foot ring. The exterior body is left entirely unglazed, its surface reading as a mottled, earthy brown with traces of the kiln and years of honest use. A wide dark band of deep aubergine-brown glaze coats the rim and upper exterior, applied with a confident hand and fired to a smooth, slightly mottled finish that catches light well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is glazed in a soft celadon-grey cream, still glossy and reflective, the kind of quiet neutral that sits beautifully against food, flowers or fruit. On the unglazed base, a small impressed mark -- the number 8 -- is visible, likely a size or mold number from the potter. Bowls of this type, known as tians in the south of France and as bols a melanger elsewhere, were everyday workhorses of the French rural kitchen, used for mixing bread dough, storing preserves or simply holding whatever the garden offered that morning. Today it makes a handsome fruit bowl, a generous salad server, or a quiet focal point on a kitchen shelf or rustic sideboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition and patina consistent with age. The interior glaze shows light crazing and some mineral staining at the center, evidence of a long and well-used life. The exterior body has the natural mottled texture of unglazed country stoneware with no chips or losses noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox. 11.4 in wide x 5.3 in deep (29 x 13.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e95% of my items are tariff-free to the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- fmf-shopify --\u003e","brand":"Fleamarketfrance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59088056746328,"sku":"FMF-X6UAVCZF","price":159.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/5776\/2392\/files\/635376ca4ffcfe00919611e2e687e157.jpg?v=1794318033","url":"https:\/\/fleamarketfrance.com\/products\/antique-french-stoneware-mixing-bowl-tian-1011268","provider":"Fleamarketfrance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}