French Hotte

One of a pair of 19th century French grape picking hods / hottes with later paint decoration. 1900.

One of a pair of 19th century French grape picking hods / hottes with later paint decoration. 1900.

One of a pair of 19th century French grape picking hods / hottes with later paint decoration. 1900.

Antique French tole grape hotte with remnants of its original paint.

A tall, French harvest basket hotte made of woven willow and oak from the Champagne region of Burgundy, France.

Wonderful colour, wonderful shape. This is a much sought after zinc grape hotte with its original leather straps. Perfect piece for the wine cellar!

Early 20th century French zinc grape hotte/hod (used for picking grapes).

Early 20th century French zinc grape hotte/hod (used for picking grapes).

worn by French grape harvesters these metal buckets were worn on the back with leather straps. This pair has been recently hand painted. PRICED INDIVIDUALLY.

Antique zinc grape hotte/hod, hand-painted with the Chateauneuf Du Pape coat of arms from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France.

Rare wicker and cleft oak grape harvest hotte with original leather straps and riveted strap iron. This particular grape carrier is specific to the wine region of Burgundy.

Dating to the 1800s, this French wine harvest hotte would have been used as a decorative accessory for a vineyard or chateau wine room.

This colorful French container is known as a hotte. The metal container has been painted a light blue and gently washed with white.

This metallic French container is known as a hotte. Hottes were used for harvesting grapes in vineyards during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wine hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards.

Wine hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards.

Grape hottes were used at French vineyards during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by workers when harvesting grapes.

19th century French vineyard grape hod hotte bucket wine vineyard tole painted.

Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards.

19th Century French vineyard grape hod hotte bucket wine vineyard tole painted.

This colorful French metal container is known as an hotte. They were used for grape collecting in vineyards all over France during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A large red hotte, with a black painted fleur de lys and the number “19”, this grape harvesting basket would have been used in Burgundy, France, during the 1800’s.

This French metal container is known as an hotte. Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes in vineyards.

This French metal container is known as an hotte. Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes in vineyards.

This French metal container is known as an hotte. Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes in vineyards.

Grape hottes were used at French vineyards during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by workers when harvesting grapes.

The term “scuttle” is of English origin, while the French word is hotte, meaning “basket”. Scuttles were used to refill coal fueled ovens or heaters.

The French Hotte is a carrying basket for the wine grapes.

A French hotte de vigneron, or grape harvesting barrel.

Hottes were used for grape collecting in vineyards all over France during the 19th and 20th centuries.

French wooden stave grape harvest basket/hotte, with iron strapping, and leather shoulder straps marked 1893 Chateau "Bouchel" indistinctly.

This colorful French container is known as a hotte. The exterior of the metal container has been painted light blue with black lettering on the front.

Wine hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards.

Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards.

19th century French vineyard grape hod hotte bucket wine vineyard tole painted.

Direct from France, a stunning antique French vineyard bin, with gorgeous details and often, in today's home, repurposed as an umbrella/hall stand~ ~Main body is completely covered w...

This French metal container is known as an hotte. Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes in vineyards.

This French metal container is known as an hotte. Hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes in vineyards.

This colorful French grape harvesting hotte has Chateauneuf du Pape painted on its front.

Originally used to harvest grapes at a French vineyard in the early 1900s, this metal grape collection hod (or hotte in French) has been painted with a French wine label on top of a ...

The term “scuttle” is of English origin, while the French word is “hotte”. These were used to refill coal fueled ovens or heaters.

The term "scuttle" is of English origin, while the French word is "hotte". These were used to refill coal fueled ovens or heaters.

This type of basket used in the vineyards was carried on the shoulder via leather straps on the back. It is made of oak and banded in iron. The oak has a remnant of an old varnish f...

This type of grape gathering basket is from the Champagne region and has a very tight weave. It is solid and in very good condition

The front of this unusually tall grape hotte reads; Chateau Luau, Grand Cru Classe en 1855, Barsac. carefully painted and detailed on the front is a picture of the vineyard. It is pa...

This painted grape hotte was used in the fields to pick grapes. it is original and rare that it comes with its original straps ,but this piece does. The Chateau was La Conseillante a...

These grape hottes were used in the vineyards in the south of France, to pick grapes and strapped to the workers back.There has been some newer paint added and this particular one ca...

This original unpainted French grape hotte is the perfect piece for a wine cellar.

French metal grape picking hotte with original green paint and leather straps.

This petal purchase is a first for us here at Painted porch Antiques. a very unusual mini grape hotte from France. It flaunts "Chateau Leoville Poyferre" on the front.

Wonderful color and shape, this highly sought after grape hotte with its original leather straps. Perfect piece for the wine cellar!

During the late 1800's grape collectors wore "hottes" strapped to their back for collecting grapes at harvest time. This is a very unusual one used only for collecting burgundy grape...

The original straps remain attached to the back of this dark gray/blue hotte from France. It has a rampant lion below a crown insignia.