A French Provencal glazed terracotta culinary pot (*toupin* or *pot à graisse*), produced by the workshop of Chabert & Ramo in Vallauris, France. The bulbous body features a flared rim and twin side loop handles, finished with a rich, glossy dark brown glaze covering the interior and upper two-thirds of the exterior, tapering down into characteristic glaze drips above the unglazed terracotta base.

Condition Report & Provenance

• Artist / Maker: Chabert & Ramo
• Period: Early 20th Century
• Origin: France (Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes)
• Material / Technique: wheel-thrown terracotta, glazed interior and upper exterior
• Markings: impressed oval maker's mark on the lower unglazed body reading "...CHABERT & RAMO / ... / VALLAURIS (A.M.)"
• Colour & Surface: deep amber-brown glossy glaze over natural reddish terracotta
• Condition: minor surface wear and light abrasions to unglazed base consistent with age and utilitarian use; intact without major chips or structural cracks

History

Vallauris, situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, has been an important pottery manufacturing centre since Roman times, growing renowned in the 19th and early 20th centuries for its flameproof earthenware culinary vessels (*poterie culinaire*). Potteries like Chabert & Ramo specialized in wheel-thrown, partially glazed terracotta pots made for cooking and preserving before the mid-20th-century artistic revival brought to the region by Pablo Picasso and the Madoura workshop.