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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 54878, member: 105"]According to this blog post at (Google translation) <a href="http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Old tools and Folk Art</b></a> origin would be:</p><p>Agost , Valencian region, province of Alicante, Spain.</p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BBPQpWjz6g/UW8W3HKJZnI/AAAAAAAAEaE/f-4X3pJS60U/s640/Gargoulette+1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html" rel="nofollow">http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The shape would be called <b>cantir</b> -(catalan or spanish language); <b>gargoulette</b> (french); <b>botijo</b> (spanish). In English we'd call it a <b>harvest jug</b> or <b>field jug</b>.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>CANTIR Search results</b></p><p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=CANTIR&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&uselang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=CANTIR&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&uselang=en" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=CANTIR&title=Special:Search&go=Go&uselang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CANTIR</b></p><p>Summary</p><p>English: pottery pitcher, water vessel from Catalonia, Spain</p><p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cantir_bisbal.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cantir_bisbal.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cantir_bisbal.JPG</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Catalan language</b></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language</a></p><p>Catalan is a Romance language named for its origins in <i>Catalonia, in what is </i></p><p><i>northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France.</i> It is the national and only</p><p>official language of Andorra,[5] and a co-official language of the Spanish</p><p>autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian</p><p>Community (where the language is known as Valencian, and there exist regional</p><p>standards). It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero on the Italian island</p><p>of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the Spanish</p><p>autonomous communities of Aragon (La Franja) and Murcia (Carche), and in the</p><p>historic French region of Roussillon/Northern Catalonia, roughly equivalent to the</p><p>department of Pyrénées-Orientales.[6]</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have more links, but don't have time to put them up right now. This should be a good start for you I hope.</p><p>Be back later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 54878, member: 105"]According to this blog post at (Google translation) [URL='http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html'][B]Old tools and Folk Art[/B][/URL] origin would be: Agost , Valencian region, province of Alicante, Spain. [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BBPQpWjz6g/UW8W3HKJZnI/AAAAAAAAEaE/f-4X3pJS60U/s640/Gargoulette+1.JPG[/IMG] [URL]http://vieux-outils-art-populaire.blogspot.com/2013/04/gargoulette-cantir-botijo.html[/URL] The shape would be called [B]cantir[/B] -(catalan or spanish language); [B]gargoulette[/B] (french); [B]botijo[/B] (spanish). In English we'd call it a [B]harvest jug[/B] or [B]field jug[/B]. [B] CANTIR Search results[/B] [URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=CANTIR&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&uselang=en[/URL] [B]CANTIR[/B] Summary English: pottery pitcher, water vessel from Catalonia, Spain [URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cantir_bisbal.JPG[/URL] [B]Catalan language[/B] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language[/URL] Catalan is a Romance language named for its origins in [I]Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France.[/I] It is the national and only official language of Andorra,[5] and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where the language is known as Valencian, and there exist regional standards). It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon (La Franja) and Murcia (Carche), and in the historic French region of Roussillon/Northern Catalonia, roughly equivalent to the department of Pyrénées-Orientales.[6] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language[/URL] I have more links, but don't have time to put them up right now. This should be a good start for you I hope. Be back later.[/QUOTE]
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