Handmade Garden Copper Vase with Brass Handles/Umbrella stand

Cast brass Japanese vase . Can be used as umbrella /stick stand

1244 A large hand made copper cauldron and iron handled pot with rolled and rat tailed iron handle set on an iron base. Excellent for storing wood for the fireplace or a planter. A ...

A gorgeous antique French hand forged hammered copper floor vase, jardiniere, or umbrella stand. This is an authentic 19th Century hand hammered red copper vase from Normandy, France...

Hand-worked circa 1800, this French vase is adorned with a chariot and cartouche scene. Some of the elements were hammered from the front side, in a metalworking technique known as chasing, while other motifs were worked from the verso side, which is known as repousse. It is not uncommon for the two methods to be used in tandem, and the work of this particular artisan is top notch. The 5 ¾ diameter opening is flanked by two flared out handles that terminate on the widest part of the main body. A flowing foliate margent (repousse) adorns the top of the body, beneath the lightly textured thick neck (chased). The leaf theme continues beneath a thin ring of roundels that frames the upper body, with a sprawling foliage display that wraps around the lower body, interrupted by a pair of cartouches. One scene depicts a man in a toga with a laurel wreath crown...