Antique/Vintage French Grape Hod or ‘Hotte’ c.1900Once an essential tool of the French grape harvest, this traditional Hotte was carried on the back throughout the vineyards of Avignon and the Gironde, gathering bunches of grapes by hand long before mechanical picking took over. Made in galvanised metal and painted with the historic Chteauneuf du Pape name and papal crest a lineage that reaches back to the 14th Century, when the Popes resided in Avignon it carries the spirit of the regions great