Small Antique Crème Glazed Confit Pot
This antique confit pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. It was originally used for preserving a family’s most valued food such as anchovies, sardines, figs, eggplants, artichokes or olives in olive oil. 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. What gives the farmhouse-style pot its charming individuality is the green glaze ‘drip’ on one of its handles. This drip glaze most likely occurred during the firing process where the white ceramic confit pots would have been in close contact with nearby green glazed pottery in the kiln. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make a unique 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: H17.5cm x W21.5cm x D16cm
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 confit pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. It was originally used for preserving a family’s most valued food such as anchovies, sardines, figs, eggplants, artichokes or olives in olive oil. 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. What gives the farmhouse-style pot its charming individuality is the green glaze ‘drip’ on one of its handles. This drip glaze most likely occurred during the firing process where the white ceramic confit pots would have been in close contact with nearby green glazed pottery in the kiln. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make a unique 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: H17.5cm x W21.5cm x D16cm
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 confit pot dates back to the early 1900s and originates from the town of Grottaglie in southern Puglia, known for its age old ceramic craft. It was originally used for preserving a family’s most valued food such as anchovies, sardines, figs, eggplants, artichokes or olives in olive oil. 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. What gives the farmhouse-style pot its charming individuality is the green glaze ‘drip’ on one of its handles. This drip glaze most likely occurred during the firing process where the white ceramic confit pots would have been in close contact with nearby green glazed pottery in the kiln. Today the ‘vasettu’ would make a unique 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: H17.5cm x W21.5cm x D16cm
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.