What are olive jars made of?

Olive jars are made out of two types of clay - gray clay from Vaugrenier and red clay from Clausonnes, both located in France. The two clays are mixed together to achieve the final color of the jar. You’ll find a variety of olive jars from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

French Olive Jars

Glazed Terracotta Jars

Terracotta Olive

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Antique Early 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Olive Jar, Early 1800s

$2,700

Late 18th Century French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really nice old French olive jar in excellent condition. It dates from the late 1700's

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

Late 18th Century French Olive Jar

$3,330

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very attractive French Olive jar from Biot, France. It has a very nice colored glaze

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,800

19th Century French Olive Jar from Languedoc Region

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking French olive jar that dates to the mid 1800's. It came from the Languedoc

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

19th Century French Olive Jar from Languedoc Region

$1,900

18th Century French Olive Jar with Green Glaze Drip

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really beautiful 18th century French olive jar in excellent condition. It has a green

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century French Olive Jar with Green Glaze Drip

$2,900

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice large French olive jar that dates to the 18th century. Biot, France was known

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,700

French Olive Jar

Located in New York, NY

Unusually large olive jar from France. Beautiful patina.

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

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Clay

French Olive Jar

$7,000

French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really great looking Provencial olive jar that was made in Biot, France. This jar is

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Olive Jar

$2,600

French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is an exceptional French provencial olive jar from the early to mid 18th century. It has 7

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

French Olive Jar

$3,300

French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

this is a really fine olive jar from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is in

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

French Olive Jar

$2,900

French Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

19th century jar de Provence, Biot.

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

French Olive Jar

$1,800

Large French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really large bulbous style French provencial olive jar. Olive jars or this style came

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

Large French Olive Jar

$2,600

Small French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice small Olive jar I puirchased in the south of France. The small olive jars are

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

Small French Olive Jar

$420

19th Century French Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

19th century French pottery olive jar with green glaze decoration

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Antique 19th Century French Garden Ornaments

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Ceramic

19th Century French Olive Jar

$1,200

Pair Large French Olive Jars

Located in Fairhope, AL

maker. they are most likely from the Biot area of Provence in France. They are large olive jars at 38

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

Pair Large French Olive Jars

$5,800

19th Century French Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

Pottery Jar with yellow / cream colored glaze.

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

19th Century French Olive Jar

$1,400

Set of 6 French Olive jars

Located in Phoenix, AZ

French terracotta olive jars varying in size and color. Three smaller jars with one handle and

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20th Century French Pottery

Set of 6 French Olive jars

$1,225

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice small olive jar from Biot, Provence, France from the early 1800's. This jar is

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

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Terracotta

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

$1,600

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

Early 19th century French pottery "jarre de Provence", sometimes called "biot", maker's mark worn

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French Garden Ornaments

Materials

Pottery

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

$1,800

A French Olive Jar, In Earthen Ware From The South Of France

Located in Hudson, NY

A FRENCH OLIVE STORAGE JAR, IN EARTHEN WARE, WITH NATURAL PATENA.

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Antique 19th Century French Garden Ornaments

A French Olive Jar, In Earthen Ware From The South Of France

$425

Olive Jar (Biot)

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

19th century French olive jar with 15" opening

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Antique 19th Century French Garden Ornaments

Materials

Clay

Olive Jar (Biot)

$6,720

Green Glazed Olive Jar

Located in New York, NY

Medium Green Glazed French Olive Jar 27" H x 13" D

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21st Century and Contemporary French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Green Glazed Olive Jar

$750

Pair Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jars

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice pair of French olive jars from the village of Biot in Provence. They have an

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Pair Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jars

$3,800

French Provencial Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nicely shaped French olive jar originally made in Biot, France. this jars were used

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

French Provencial Olive Jar

$2,400

French Pottery Oil Jar

Located in Woodbury, CT

A French olive jar with lid

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Antique 19th Century French Pottery

Materials

Clay

French Pottery Oil Jar

$595

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very attractive French olive jar produced in Biot, Provence in the early 1800's. The

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Terracotta

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

$2,300

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really nice example of a large French olive jar made in Biot, Provence, France in the

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

$2,900

Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice French olive jar that dates to the early 1800s. It has green glaze "mother-in

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Antique 1810s French French Provincial Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

$2,200

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice large French olive jar made in Biot, Provence in the early 1800s. It has a nice

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Antique Early 19th Century French Provincial Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

$2,800

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really nice French olive jar from the early 1800's in excellent shape. It has a few

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Terracotta

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

$2,800

Extremely Large Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is hands down the largest French olive jar I have ever seen. I purchased this jar in Provence

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Extremely Large Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

$3,600

19th Century French Biot Jarre

Located in Atlanta, GA

French olive jar made in Biot, Provence, France in the mid to late 19th C. Great patina and an

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century French Biot Jarre

$1,900

Pair of Large 18th Century Biot Olive Oil Jars from a Farm in Toulon, France

Located in Cardiff, CA

This perfectly paired antique French Provencal Biot jars date from the 1700s and in fantastic

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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Jars

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Terracotta

Pair of Large 18th Century Biot Olive Oil Jars from a Farm in Toulon, France

$10,100 / set

19thc French olive oil jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

19thc French provincial green glazed olive oil container

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Antique 19th Century French Ceramics

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Ceramic

19thc French olive oil jar

$350

French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

Located in Seattle, WA

French Provincial olive storage jar from Biot, a small village in the South of France. Of bulbous

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Antique 19th Century French Vases

Materials

Ceramic

French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

$1,600

18th Century French Olive Oil Jar

Located in Montecito, CA

French Olive Oil Jar with the most beautiful encrusted olive green patina; Circa 1750

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Pottery

Materials

Pottery

18th Century French Olive Oil Jar

$1,395

18th Century French Provincial Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

this is an exception French provincial olive jar from the 1700's. the green glaze drips are very

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century French Provincial Olive Jar

$3,800

19th Century French Olive Oil Jar

Located in Montecito, CA

Large scale Green Glazed Olive Oil Jar; France; Circa 1850 From a fabulous set of French

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Antique 19th Century French Vases

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Pottery

19th Century French Olive Oil Jar

$1,350

Olive Jar (Biot)

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

19th Century clay olive jar with with 16 inch opening

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Antique 19th Century French Garden Ornaments

Materials

Clay

Olive Jar (Biot)

$4,975

jarres a olives - olive jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large green glazed terra cotta container for olives

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Pottery

Materials

Terracotta

jarres a olives - olive jar

$2,200

Antique Olive Jars

Located in Corona Del Mar, CA

Exceptional quality French olive urns. Priced as each.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Olive Jars

$5,340

Large Olive Jar / Jar de Provence

Located in New Orleans, LA

Large French pottery olive jar with creamy / yellow glazed interior and lip.

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Antique 19th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Terracotta

Large Olive Jar / Jar de Provence

$2,900

Terra Cotta Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

19th Century French terra cotta olive jar

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Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Pottery, Paint

Terra Cotta Olive Jar

$2,750

terra cotta olive jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a small terra cotta olive jar. The upper half is painted yellow. The jar was typically

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Antique 19th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles

terra cotta olive jar

$290

19th Century Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

19th Century Olive Jar

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Olive Jar

$2,200

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking large French provincial olive jar from Biot, Provence. It dates to the

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Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Planters and Jardini...

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

$2,600

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking very large French Provincial olive jar from Biot, Provence. It dates to the

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Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Planters and Jardini...

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

$2,900

19th Century Provencale Olive Jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

19th c Provençale Olive Jar, Circa 1850.

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Antique 19th Century French Country More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Provencale Olive Jar

$3,500

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really exceptional early 1800's large French Biot olive jar. It is a truly a museum

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

$3,100

Large terra cotta olive jar

Located in New Orleans, LA

Large terra cotta olive jar with decorative horizontal rope design wrapping around the jar from the

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Large terra cotta olive jar

$550

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

Very large French terracotta Biot olive jar with an attractive shape, patina and yellow glazing.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Urns

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

$3,200

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

Early 19th century French terracotta Biot olive jar with an attractive shape, patina and yellow

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

$1,900

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

Early 19th century French terracotta biot olive jar with an attractive shape, patina and yellow

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Antique Early 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

$850

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

Early 19th century French terracotta Biot olive jar with an attractive shape, patina and yellow

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Antique Early 19th Century Urns

Early 19th Century Biot Olive Jar

$3,900

French Biot Extra Large 19th c.Terra Cotta Pots (PAR32D PAR30)

Located in San Francisco, CA

French olive oil jars.

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pottery

French Biot Extra Large 19th c.Terra Cotta Pots (PAR32D PAR30)

$5,250

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking tall French olive jar that was made in Biot, France in the late 18th

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Antique Late 18th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,700

French Terracotta Glazed Olive Jar, Early 1900s

Located in Austin, TX

A rustic glazed terracotta olive jar from Provence, circa early 1900s. Heavy terracotta pot with

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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Jars

Materials

Terracotta

French Terracotta Glazed Olive Jar, Early 1900s

$450

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French Olive Jars For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of French olive jars available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, terracotta and earthenware, all French olive jars available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of French olive jars available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century.

How Much are French Olive Jars?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,800, while they’re typically $350 on the low end and $9,750 highest priced.

Questions About French Olive Jars

What are olive jars made of?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Olive jars are made out of two types of clay - gray clay from Vaugrenier and red clay from Clausonnes, both located in France. The two clays are mixed together to achieve the final color of the jar. You’ll find a variety of olive jars from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.