Glazed stoneware bottles, late 19th to early 20th century.

Charming lot of antique stoneware bottles/flasks. These utilitarian containers date from the late 19th or early 20th century. "Brillant Belge Fourcault Paris" is engraved on the side of the bottle. Brillant Belge was a brand of metallic varnish. Their beige-gray hue, slightly speckled and shaded with ochre, comes from traditional salt glazing and firing. Each flask has a straight cylindrical body, a marked shoulder, and a straight neck adorned with fine horizontal relief stripes below the spout. In France, this type of flask was commonly used to package household or maintenance products such as varnish, liquid wax (notably the famous "Brillant Belge" from the Fourgault house in Paris), ink, or pharmaceutical and chemical preparations. Condition: generally good state of preservation; as the flasks are very old, they may show some marks and small chips on the stoneware related to their age and use. Details in the photo. Dimensions (in ascending order): - height: 10, 13, 16, 19, and 20.5 cm - diameter: 4.4 cm, 4.5 cm, 5.6 cm, 6.5 cm, 6.8 cm.