Bjorn Wiinblad Building and Garden Elements

Willy Guhl was a famous Swiss designer who created planters in many shapes. These are formed from a slab of Eternit (a fibrous concrete material) moulded into a large conical vessel....

Large Majolica jardinière or planter with flying black bird and white orchid flower on a turquoise ground. Matching underplate has key patter...

Beautiful Art Nouveau Vallauris majolica jardinière, circa 1900. This jardinière exhibits a beautiful blue glaze throughout with stunning shades. Stylised half man, half beast...

Jardiniere, from Switzerland, by Willy Guhl for Eternit, circa 1968. This piece is made of free form concrete with the original lichen and patina.

An organic and Brutalist style Jardine which would work perfectly with trailing foliage. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...

Minton Majolica jardinière which features illustrated flora and fauna, including: a cockerel, a kingfisher (bird), a flowering magnolia, a lobster claw, swallows, a bee, insects and ...

Jardiniere, from Switzerland, by Willy Guhl for Eternit, circa 1968. This piece is made of free form concrete with the original lichen and patina.

Jardiniere from France made of reconstituted stone.

A monumental ceramic jardinière in a beautiful beige cream finish, unusually subtle and sophisticated for Roseville Pottery Company produced ceramics. Hand glazed. Stamped "Rosevil...

The square antique garden jardinière made of stone is embellished with four lion's heads and feet. Wonderful garden element. Top measurement: 10.75" x 10.50" Base measurement:...

A jardiniere made in brass with beautiful details and lions heads with twisted ring handles standing on lions feet. Made during the 20th century.

Striking vintage Majolica Asian inspired jardinière cachepot decorated with dragons and florets, this vessel is perfect for a plant or small tree. It ...