Antique Green 'Smammriato' Vase
A delightful antique vase with its free spirited surface decoration that is typical of ceramics from Grottaglie, a town in Puglia renowned for its age old ceramic craft. Dating back to the early 1900s, traditionally this antique vessel would have been used to store the family’s all important mother yeast. The ‘vasetto’ recalls the ancient tradition of ‘smammriato’ - where artisans, in order to conceal defects from enamelling, dripped an additional colour on the surface using small branches, especially bunches of thyme or from olive trees as a brush. The hand-thrown vessel has a wonderful rotund form and unique green splatter effect set against a buttermilk-hue base, which gives it a fresh and graphic quality. Today it would be ideal as a vase for fresh flowers or as a unique decorative display piece, especially when pared with the matching ‘vasetti’ as seen in the images.
Found in Ostuni
the charming hilltop town of the valle d’Itria known as the la città bianca (or ‘white city’).
Dimensions: H19.5cm x W20.5cm x D20.5cm
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.
A delightful antique vase with its free spirited surface decoration that is typical of ceramics from Grottaglie, a town in Puglia renowned for its age old ceramic craft. Dating back to the early 1900s, traditionally this antique vessel would have been used to store the family’s all important mother yeast. The ‘vasetto’ recalls the ancient tradition of ‘smammriato’ - where artisans, in order to conceal defects from enamelling, dripped an additional colour on the surface using small branches, especially bunches of thyme or from olive trees as a brush. The hand-thrown vessel has a wonderful rotund form and unique green splatter effect set against a buttermilk-hue base, which gives it a fresh and graphic quality. Today it would be ideal as a vase for fresh flowers or as a unique decorative display piece, especially when pared with the matching ‘vasetti’ as seen in the images.
Found in Ostuni
the charming hilltop town of the valle d’Itria known as the la città bianca (or ‘white city’).
Dimensions: H19.5cm x W20.5cm x D20.5cm
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.
A delightful antique vase with its free spirited surface decoration that is typical of ceramics from Grottaglie, a town in Puglia renowned for its age old ceramic craft. Dating back to the early 1900s, traditionally this antique vessel would have been used to store the family’s all important mother yeast. The ‘vasetto’ recalls the ancient tradition of ‘smammriato’ - where artisans, in order to conceal defects from enamelling, dripped an additional colour on the surface using small branches, especially bunches of thyme or from olive trees as a brush. The hand-thrown vessel has a wonderful rotund form and unique green splatter effect set against a buttermilk-hue base, which gives it a fresh and graphic quality. Today it would be ideal as a vase for fresh flowers or as a unique decorative display piece, especially when pared with the matching ‘vasetti’ as seen in the images.
Found in Ostuni
the charming hilltop town of the valle d’Itria known as the la città bianca (or ‘white city’).
Dimensions: H19.5cm x W20.5cm x D20.5cm
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.