Antique Crème Glazed 'Vasetto'
This antique iridescently glazed pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. This style of pot with no handles is a variation on the ‘vasettu’, as they are called in local dialect. They were originally used to store a family’s most valuable food - including tuna belly, and other salted fish, or vegetables like artichokes, eggplants or capsicums prepared in olive oil or vinegar. This type of pottery, known as ‘robba bianca’, represents the finest and most expensive kind of domestic ‘ceramica rustica’ as it was produced with a pewter glaze and twice fired. The farmhouse-style pot features a rustic patina that only daily use and the passing of time can authentically bring about. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make the perfect vase, storage vessel or decorative display piece injecting some country charm to any home or space, particularly when pared with the matching ceramic pots as seen in the images.
Found in Lecce
the baroque jewel and capital of the Salento.
Dimensions: H20cm x W17cm x D17cm
These are handmade antique ceramics that are perfectly imperfect and some have been used for generations, so please expect some cracks, and chips, and discolouration. These individual characteristics are part of the charm and unique quality of each piece. Please note, colour may vary from screen to screen.
This antique iridescently glazed pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. This style of pot with no handles is a variation on the ‘vasettu’, as they are called in local dialect. They were originally used to store a family’s most valuable food - including tuna belly, and other salted fish, or vegetables like artichokes, eggplants or capsicums prepared in olive oil or vinegar. This type of pottery, known as ‘robba bianca’, represents the finest and most expensive kind of domestic ‘ceramica rustica’ as it was produced with a pewter glaze and twice fired. The farmhouse-style pot features a rustic patina that only daily use and the passing of time can authentically bring about. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make the perfect vase, storage vessel or decorative display piece injecting some country charm to any home or space, particularly when pared with the matching ceramic pots as seen in the images.
Found in Lecce
the baroque jewel and capital of the Salento.
Dimensions: H20cm x W17cm x D17cm
These are handmade antique ceramics that are perfectly imperfect and some have been used for generations, so please expect some cracks, and chips, and discolouration. These individual characteristics are part of the charm and unique quality of each piece. Please note, colour may vary from screen to screen.
This antique iridescently glazed pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. This style of pot with no handles is a variation on the ‘vasettu’, as they are called in local dialect. They were originally used to store a family’s most valuable food - including tuna belly, and other salted fish, or vegetables like artichokes, eggplants or capsicums prepared in olive oil or vinegar. This type of pottery, known as ‘robba bianca’, represents the finest and most expensive kind of domestic ‘ceramica rustica’ as it was produced with a pewter glaze and twice fired. The farmhouse-style pot features a rustic patina that only daily use and the passing of time can authentically bring about. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make the perfect vase, storage vessel or decorative display piece injecting some country charm to any home or space, particularly when pared with the matching ceramic pots as seen in the images.
Found in Lecce
the baroque jewel and capital of the Salento.
Dimensions: H20cm x W17cm x D17cm
These are handmade antique ceramics that are perfectly imperfect and some have been used for generations, so please expect some cracks, and chips, and discolouration. These individual characteristics are part of the charm and unique quality of each piece. Please note, colour may vary from screen to screen.