{"product_id":"vintage-pair-of-italian-grape-harvest-crocks-ochre-glaze-ceramica-alfa-made-in-italy-c-1960-1975","title":"Vintage Pair of Italian Grape Harvest Crocks, Ochre Glaze, Ceramica Alfa, Made in Italy, c. 1960–1975","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo small crocks in deep harvest ochre, the glaze pooling honey-dark in the recesses and rubbing to bronze on the high points. Each carries a molded grape cluster with vine leaves and a curling tendril on the front face, framed top and bottom by a crisp dentil band that reads like stitching around the rim and foot. The rolled lips are generous, the walls straight and honest, and the pair matches without being identical — the small variances of a mold-and-hand operation. Both stamped CER. ALFA ITALY to the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCeramica Alfa was one of the small Italian workshops feeding the postwar export trade — the same wave that filled American kitchens with Italian earthenware in the sixties and seventies, when \"Made in Italy\" on the bottom of a crock meant a real pottery, a real glaze dip, and a mold with some sculpture in it. Little cylinder crocks like these did unglamorous work: mustard pots, jam jars, toothpick and match holders on the back of the stove. The grape-and-dentil dressing lifts them past the job description, and the ochre is exactly the gold that era loved — the true, food-warm version of the color, not the avocado-adjacent imitators. Pairs that stayed together for sixty years are the exception; singles are what usually survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of small crocks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCeramica Alfa, Italy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStamped \"CER. ALFA \/ ITALY\" to both bases\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eItalian country kitchen\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMolded earthenware, ochre glaze with rubbed-bronze accents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMold-cast with applied-relief grape cluster; dentil-banded rim and foot; hand-dipped glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStraight-sided cylinder, rolled rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eItaly\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1960–1975\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 3¾″ high × 3¼″ diameter each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. Glaze bright with intentional rubbed highlighting to the relief; no chips, cracks, or crazing of concern. Sold as a pair. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Pair Available.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSmall crocks are the workhorses of a good-looking kitchen, and a matched pair doubles the moves: salt and pepper by the stove, one for brushes and one for spoons, a pair of herb pots on the sill, two votives flanking a shelf. The ochre goes with wood, brass, marble, and every white kitchen that needs warming up, and the grape relief gives them just enough story to hold a windowsill on their own. Sixty years old, still ready for the back of the stove — and they've already proven they don't chip easily.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47965374054505,"sku":null,"price":114.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3185.jpg?v=1788070933","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/vintage-pair-of-italian-grape-harvest-crocks-ochre-glaze-ceramica-alfa-made-in-italy-c-1960-1975","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}