Jardinieres & Pots

Bright geraniums, potted citrus, clumps of fresh herbs: this is what these antique jardinières and pots once carried on the windowsills, balconies and terraces of southern France.

Terracotta is the most common, but you'll also find zinc, cast iron and stone... with clean simple lines alongside moulded detailing, handles and raised motifs from another age.

What sets them apart? The lime crusted on their walls, the moss tucked into a hollow, the kind of patina only the seasons know how to compose.

Chosen one by one during our rounds of the brocantes and estate sales of Provence, they instantly give a garden or terrace the lived-in look of places where plants have always belonged.