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THE SECOND OF FOUR (NOT 3) OBTAINED CONFIT POTS FROM A BARN AREA WHERE WE FOUND A SMALL NUMBER STILL IN THE GROUND AND COVERED IN DIRT.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT PRUINES, MY FRIEND/OWNER WAS SMILING WITH SOMETHING BEHIND HIS BACK. " LOOK ELIAS, I PULLED THIS FROM THE GROUND. IT WAS INDEED A POT À CONFIT. 9 INCHES. " THESE WERE CONFIT POTS THAT WERE BURIED FOR THE WINTER THAT WERE FORGOTTEN" "WHAT?" "THEY BURIED SO MANY (THE WINTERS IN THE AVEYRON RARELY DROP BELOW FREEZING..MAYBE A BIG SNOW OR TWO). SO MANY THAT THEY MISSED SOME. MY PERE TOLD ME YEARS AGO TO DIG NEAR THE BARN. LOOK! CRUCHES TOO."
INDEED, THERE WERE POTS À CONFIT, HUILIERS AND A BOWL. "CAN I BUY THEM?" "NO ELIAS. THREE YOU TAKE. C'EST TOUT"
HERE IT IS. A POT À CONFIT ONLY 7.5 INCHES THAT WERE FOUND IN THE VICINTY OF THE OTHERS. ONE WAS 16 INCHES.
IT HAS ALL OF ITS LIFE RIGHT THERE IN THE INTERIOR,GLAZE AND UNGLAZED BOTTOM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS MADE. OBVIOUSLY NEARBY AND THAT WOULD BE ALBI. NOT ONE CRACK NOR MUCH GLAZE LOSS. JUST A BEAUTIFUL, AUTHENTIC 18TH C CONFIT POT THAT WAS FOUND BY DIGGING WITH HANDS NEAR THE BARN OF THE 'CHATEAU DE PRUINES'. 7.5 INCHES OF 225-250 YEARS OF HISTORY. BTW..I AM KEEPING ONE AND I WILL PUT THE THIRD RIGHT HERE IN A MONTH OR
