Pair of Large Planters "Swan" in Cement

Pair of orange tree planters in painted sheet metal, decorated in imitation of the old Rouen earthenware, hand-painted. They have two rings and a removable wooden base. Diameter: 42,...

Large wrought-iron jardinière or sellette, circa 1880/1900, from the casino garden at La Bourboule, spa town with belle époque charm in central France, on the banks of the Dordogne. ...

Monumental garden basin in reconstituted stone, depicting three cherubs draped as caryatids carrying a garland of flowers and supporting a large basket de...

Two important cache-pots made in Italy for Christian Dior around 1980. In glazed earthenware in imitation of marble inlay with gilt fillets. Signed.

This pair of planters, model "oreille d'éléphant" was made of fiber cement by Willy Guhl (1915-2004) in the 1950's. « Willy Guhl was an inventor, an experimenter, a resercher and a visionary. Despite that, he did not get lost in utopia. He reveals himself to be pragmatic almost a genius. » Robert Haussman Willy Guhl was part of these historical designers historiques who have contributed to the international reputation of the Swiss design. He was one of the big representative of Neo-Functionalism. From a carpenter father, he follows a furniture maker formation in the Kunstgewerbeschule of Zurich – School of applied arts of Zurich here he teaches from 1941 -, and becomes the director of the interior architecture department 10 years after. He leads in the late 1940's pionneer reaserches in the plastic furniture field. He develops then a knowledge about moulding technical that we allow him to reveal himself by transposing them on a new material : the Eternit, also called fibercement, which he is one of the first to use in Europe. The Eternit is a kind of cement reinforce by asbestos and with a fiber texture which allows to create audacious pieces with new shapes. It takes the aspect of larges slabs to which it is possible to give a shape as long as they are not dried. Produced in the origin for the industry, it's a cheap material with an important resistance, so perfectly adapted for the fabrication of external furniture.

A set of vintage fiber cement planters from France, produced circa 1960s. The design has a simple appeal: a square container with a delicate ridge, rounded corners and handles, givin...

Pair of oversized Garden Planters or Jardinieres in the shape of a swan. Details of the face and feathers are both well done and graceful. The pair make a lovely addition to any garden or patio setting - they can add to a very sophisticated space or used on the side of whimsical. Pre-cut drainage holes and ready for planting - they could also be used up high flanking an entry or down low for a door way...

Fun and gloriously rotund pair of planters with three "peek-a-boo" openings around their middles. They are made of cement with tiny pebbles amalgatmated into the mix, as was the fash...