Antique Tall Silvery-Green Painted French Wine Hotte, Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Wine hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards. The vineyard employee would attach the hotte to his/her back (see the last d...

Grape hottes were used at French vineyards during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by workers when harvesting grapes. Our wide-mouthed hotte would have been used in the 1800’s ...

Hammered from the verso side, in a metalworking technique known as repousse, this polished brass wine harvest hotte has images that project, giving the ceremonial basket a subtle tex...

Antique copper cookware, such as this polished chaudron with wrought iron handle are highly sought-after decorative pieces due to their unique color and (typically) bright patina. handcrafted in France, circa 1850, our chaudron has a shaped wrought iron handle that rests on a thick rolled rim when not in the upright position. The handle is affixed to the cauldron by a pair of horseshoe shaped mounts, each with two rivets. When the chaudron was used for cooking, the handle would be raised and fitted onto a cremaillere (chimney hook...

Antique French Grape Gathering Hod, Chateauneuf du Pape, early 20th Century. Hand-painted zinc hod featuring the Chateauneuf du Pape coat of arms.

Weathered French grape harvesting basket or hotte crafted from patinated zinc. The gracefully curved form features an old, faded and distre...

A most impressive antique country French vineyard grape picker's hotte / hod / harvest backpack basket with beautifully aged warm rustic worn patina! Created in Provincial France in the mid-19th century, part of the traditional old world industrial winemaking process, this large wooden basket...

Antique 19th century French wooden wine crate with handles. Markings "A" and "CC".