Description : This piece of pottery is decorated with six small flames, and has a large flat handle and a short neck, in contrast with the size of the body. This type of thin-walled recipient has a large capacity; this example holds 12 liters.

A piece with a shape similar to the pitcher with elongated and pinched pour-spout was already known in

previous periods. However, starting in the 11th and 12th centuries, this model was produced in large quantities in two different sizes: a large pitcher with a capacity that could reach a dozen liters, and a much smaller version that held no more than two liters. These recipients featured a painted décor consisting of either drips or small flames. They were no doubt used to transport liquids, particularly beverages, from the storeroom (or well) to the table. This type of pitcher was sometimes used as a model by Parisian illuminators, who depicted them at the forefront of banqueting tables.
Starting in the 15th century, the Beauvaisis workshops exported large stoneware pitchers that rivaled pieces made of sandy clay, which were porous and less robust, although production of small pitchers did not die out entirely. We meet them again in the 16th century-and even later-among the various glazed recipients produced by workshops in the Paris region.