Featured Botijo

Actually made to be used as a botijo? Or a souvenir?

 

Looks like a real one. What's the size?

Debora

 

Base: 11 cm; height, incl. handle: 24.5 cm

 

I would think that's a bit small but... Browsing todocoleccion.net, I see a number on offer around that size.

https://www.todocoleccion.net/buscador?P=7&bu=botijo barro&O=rl

Debora

 

its quite a lovely one actually, you can see that its had a lot of use by the handling areas and gotta be in the antique zone

wouldn't mind seeing it up on its feet (wink)

guessing that recess area in the mid section once had rope ?

 

Your wish is my ... next item on the to-do-list for tomorrow

 

have you heard that one about the 2 procrastinators ?...........well...............

....o look a bird

 

Feck knows.......your on ya own there son

definitely shows legit age and usage it ya ask me

looks like a very lightly glazed terracotta or redware

its a cool shape as well ( last pic definitely needs eyes of some kind added to complete the cartoon alien look )

 

The opening for filling is not very big. How would you get water into one? By submersing?

 

They'd be filled from a fountain or well. Here's a photograph of one being filled at a fountain in the Alpujarras.

Debora

 

Thanks!