Description
November in Provence is olive season, when the families of Nyons spread nets beneath the gnarled old trees and comb the branches by hand while the mistral tugs at their scarves. Picnic lunches are eaten in the groves, and nobody goes home until the nets are full.
The olives come down in a gentle rain, black, purple and green, and by evening the mills are running and the whole town smells fresh and peppery. Madame Faure has picked the same trees for sixty years and still insists on tasting the first olive of the season straight from the branch, grimacing every time. This porcelain jar, painted with olives, comes with a tiny removable olive of its own. Give it to a cook who adores Mediterranean flavors, a friend back from the south of France, or the host who mixes a perfect martini.
About this piece
- A jar decorated with olive designs
- Comes with one tiny olive that lifts out
- Measures 1.75 x 1.75 x 2 inches
- A Rochard design
- Olive branches painted by hand on porcelain, Limoges, France
On a kitchen shelf beside the oil and vinegar, it brings a taste of the south. Pair it with a bottle of good olive oil and a loaf of crusty bread for a housewarming that is sure to be remembered, and remind the recipient that the little olive lifts out.
