These lovely examples of Turkish pottery spent the first part of their lives serving as storage containers for water, wine, or olive oil. Each urn is hand-thrown, and varies in age, from 30-100 years.    While the smaller more cylindrical shaped pots were used in the home, the some of the urns featured here - those with the elongated, almost pointy shape, were actually used outside the home, and buried in the ground about half-way up their sides, to keep their contents cool.  This explains their unusual shape:  it is much easier to bury a pointy object than a square or round one! 

Please note:  shipping on the our mid-range pottery is considerably higher than on most of our other goods.  This is due to the fact that special packing and crating is required to ship these items safely.  We make every effort to keep shipping costs as reasonable as possible; however, we've learned from experience that, although these pots are actually quite durable, they do not fare well when shipped standard mail.  (Apparently, they were not designed to be dropped 6-8 feet off loading docks, and run through with forklifts.;)