Pair of Antique Greek Olive Oil or Wine Amphora's

In the trade, we commonly call these an Olive Oil Jar, but are actually an amphora, which is a type of container of a specific shape and dimension, which began in the Neolithic Perio...

Not all antique Italian glazed Olive Oil Jars or Vases are created equal and this particular Olive Oil jar’s colors are simply beyond spectacular. Dating from the late 1800’s and discovered in a field in the south of Italy by an old friend. Most people refer to these as amphora jars, beginning in the Neolithic Period and running from approximately 9000BC to 3500BC. Generally, Amphorae were used in large numbers to transport Olive Oil and Wine. The design trade and most antique dealers simply call these vessels or Olive Oil Jars. For us, we look at the Olive Oil Jars as pieces of sculpture and they are as good looking outdoors as they are in your home. The color palette and the sheen of the glaze they are simply magical and create a truly great focal point. When we started in the antique business...

Take your pick, carboy, demijohn or jimmyjohn, they all refer to the same glass vessel. Carboy's originate from the Persian word; qarabah, while demijohn comes courtesy of the French...

Antique French 19th century Provencal walnut oil jar or jug made of earthenware. We are quite confident that it was used for walnut oil, because there i...

Incredible collection of (15) Cobalt blue hand blown caster oil bottles made in the late 1800s and Imported from Ireland. Wonderful as a splash of a fantastic shade of Cobalt Blue co...

Black Forest Pair of Jardinière’s hand carved in Switzerland during the late 1800s. The Jardinière’s are complete with their original metal liners and are ready to be planted. Black Forest Furniture first began to appear in the mid-1800s in Brienz, Switzerland and originally only included small Black Forest animal objects made for the tourist trade. In the late 1800s, as tourism traffic increased, so did the number and Size of Black Forest Carvings and soon thereafter was followed by Black Forest Furniture. As luck would have it, Old Plank has recently discovered a treasure Trove of Black Forest Carved...

Pair of Italian ceramic amphora’s in the Etruscan style with painted neoclassical figures. Set on later iron bases.

Antique Terracotta Amphora olive oil pot. This European terracotta amphora was probably used for the storage and transport of olive oil. The double ...

Vessels such as this large grain or olive oil pot have been used for centuries throughout Greece to keep culinary ingredients fresh. Ours dates to the 1800s and has a form known as a...

Decorative Amphora with handles in the style after the Greek classical period. The vase is done in black painted cast iron with yellow decorations, one side depicts a classical Gree...

Vessels such as this pair of large olive oil jars have been used for centuries throughout Greece and can still be found there today. Our pair, which dates to the 1800s, are known as koroniotiko pots, as they originated in the Peloponnese town of Koroni/Corone. The bulbous bodies have thick ridges that culminate just beneath the short necks, giving the functional pots (used to keep olive oil fresh) aesthetic individuality. Both pots have a striated coloration, although to different degrees, of ochre, cream, white, and brown over the traditional terra cotta orange. Our charming pair of Greek olive oil...

Handmade terracotta Olive oil vessels or jars from Andalusia, Spain, 1930s Two Traditional Spanish terracotta jar "orza or botija" from Triana,...