Cretan Pot Aristea

Product Details

The Aristea and our other extraordinary Cretan Pots are thrown by hand, then fired for hours in wood-burning kilns that give them a soft and variable shade of tan, which changes with the light and the pots’ contents. Shapes are drawn from Classical-era containers that were then, and are now, common household items in Crete. They provide a look that is both traditional and informal, and we’ve given them prominent positions throughout our gardens and in our home. Plants not included.

They are marvelous grouped together, since each form seems to flatter every other.

The Aristea is a wide bowl with a pattern of ridges and a single pie crust band near the rolled rim. The pot has one drainage hole. Dimensions are for the widest diameter (including handles) by height of pot. Keep from freezing in winter.

• Measures approximately 16″ wide x 6½” tall
• Pots are thrown by hand, so no two are alike
• Weighs approximately 17 lbs
• Holds about 9 quarts of soil (around ⅓ cubic foot)
• Planter uses about ⅓ of a bag of our Fafard Container Mix. Click to order.