Summer white terracotta gargoulette

Pottery from the movable succession of relatives; I don't think she has served. I failed to decipher the inscriptions on the Cove, but as a result of my research, it could be that she was originally from Alicante. «We use the gargoulette to put cool water...» "(Œuvres Buffon, flight 10, part 10 (minerals). The gargoulette is still called jug to spout, "cantir" (in catalan) or 'botijo' (in Spanish). Thereof, even so-called summer gargoulette, high of 33 cm to a maximum diameter of 18, occurs in porous terracotta not glazed. This jug with a handle will thus allow perspiration evaporation will effect down the temperature by a few degrees. (The so-called gargoulette of winter that is varnished so waterproof since it does not need to refresh its content.) This pottery is a closed container with a filler neck and a narrow spout to pour the liquid in a thin stream, this provision allows drinking to the entertainment i.e. hygienically without carrying the container to the mouth. This object volunteered for a new life, because it forced him to leave the House in which he had to live about half a century.