Cretan Pot Kostis

Product Details

The Kostis 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.

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

The Kostis has an urn form with a wide mouth, three handles spaced around the rolled rim, five raised bands rendered in a rope motif, and a tapering base. 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 14½” tall
• Pots are thrown by hand, so no two are alike
• Weighs approximately 27½ lbs
• One drainage hole
• Holds about 27 quarts of soil (around 1 cubic foot)
• Planter uses about 1 bag of our Fafard Container Mix. Click to order.