Canard French Bottle | Stoneware Olive Oil Bottle | 34 oz | Handmade | Gharyan Stoneware

A bottle so beautiful, you will want to leave it on the table long after the oil is gone. ✨

The Gharyan Stoneware Canard Olive Oil Bottle is named for the French word for duck — canard — and the moment you see it, you understand why. The silhouette is unmistakable: a rounded, full-bodied form that tapers into a graceful neck, with a gentle curve that suggests the quiet dignity of a duck at rest on still water. It is a bottle that is also a sculpture. Set it on a kitchen counter and it becomes the most beautiful thing in the room. Set it on a dining table and guests will reach for it before they reach for the bread. At 34 oz it holds a generous supply of olive oil, vinegar, or maple syrup — and the dense, non-porous stoneware preserves the natural flavor and freshness of whatever it holds, protecting it from light and air in a way that glass and plastic simply cannot match.

Available in three finishes: a rich, deep Green, a sophisticated Matte Black, and a clean, luminous Matte White — each one a different expression of the same extraordinary form. Choose the one that speaks to your kitchen, or collect all three.

The Making of a Gharyan Stoneware Bottle

Every Canard bottle is made by hand, one at a time, by the ceramists of Gharyan Stoneware. The process begins with raw stoneware clay — a dense, iron-rich material that fires at high temperatures into a vessel of exceptional strength and durability. The ceramist centers the clay on the wheel, opens it, and begins to pull the walls upward — a process that requires years of practice to do well, and a lifetime to do beautifully. The Canard form is particularly demanding: the full, rounded body must be pulled evenly, the neck drawn up with precision, the curve of the silhouette maintained through every stage of forming. When the form is complete, it is set aside to dry slowly before being trimmed, refined, and prepared for the first firing.

After the bisque firing, the bottle is glazed by hand — each color applied with care to achieve the depth and evenness of finish that Gharyan is known for. Then it goes into the kiln for the final high-temperature firing, where the stoneware vitrifies — the clay particles fusing together into a dense, non-porous, food-safe material of extraordinary durability. The result is a bottle that is completely free of toxic heavy metals like cadmium and lead, microwave and dishwasher safe, and built to last not years but generations. Because each bottle is made individually, you may find a small fingerprint on the base, or the faint imprint of the kiln grid on the foot. These are not flaws. They are the honest marks of a ceramist’s hands — the signature of something genuinely, beautifully made.

Details:

• Capacity: 34 oz
• Dimensions: 3.9" diameter x 7.9" tall
• Weight: 1.32 lbs
• Material: Stoneware
• Available in: Green, Matte Black, Matte White
• Food safe — ideal for olive oil, vinegar, or maple syrup
• Microwave & dishwasher safe
• Completely free of cadmium, lead, and toxic heavy metals
• Handmade one at a time by Gharyan Stoneware ceramists
• Slight variations are the mark of true handcraft

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