Medici vase with base

Rediscover the timeless beauty and form of a Medicis vase in cast iron to decorate the interior or exterior of your home through our collection. Essential to enhance and beautify your garden, your driveway, as well as your interior. In a corner of your living room or on your terrace, you can place these old-style pots. Our store offers you different models with bases to allow you to decorate different places in your property. The Medici vases with bases are available in several sizes and in various patterns. Embellish them with a pretty plantation to highlight them.

A Renaissance Medici vase on its base

Inspired by the Renaissance, the Medici vases in cast iron is a decorative object, essential for magnifying the exterior of a home or bringing a vintage touch to the interior. It is a crater in the shape of an inverted bell with two ringed handles attached to the basin via satyr heads. This ornamental object is originally made of neo-Attic marble, generally dated to the middle of the 1st century.^er century BC. Its name comes from the Medici family, who owned it in the 16th century.^th century. The Medici vase is currently on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Since the Renaissance, many large antique vases have resurfaced to become part of decorative fashion, the Borghese vase and the Medici vase being among the best models. The style subsequently invaded all of Europe. All the gardens of European palaces, in the 17th century^th century, were embellished with more or less faithful reproductions of these large planters. From then on, this decorative art object has never ceased to amaze all those who have a taste for luxury and elegance. Until now, the shape has been reused to have less luxurious garden pots in cast iron, which can be with or without a base.

Traditional and refined in style, the garden pot with base is an important set of a Medici vase made of cast iron with a base with an antique-style patina. The base, like the whole, is decorated in relief with different motifs such as a laurel wreath, grooves, fruits, acanthus flowers or garlands, etc.

Elegantly placed on its square base and a fluted foot, it shows a fully sculpted surface on its base to make it both classic and elegant. It will find its place perfectly on the edges of a path, in your garden or for an interior decoration. The Medici style pot forms a classic but elegant decorative element for your terrace, balcony or veranda.

Originally intended to decorate the gardens of wealthy Roman clients, known as horti marmorei (marble gardens), these monumental craters now display their beauty both indoors and outdoors. You can place them in different areas of the house where you want to add a retro touch.

Medici vases made in the old way

Synonymous with elegance and prestige, Medici vases are true decorative objects. Imposing in size compared to classic models, they combine in a single element, class and refinement to dress your property like a castle. Inspired by antiquity, each Medici cast iron vase with base is designed using the same methods as the foundries of the 19th century.^th century. This process mainly uses cast iron. Highly appreciated in foundries, cast iron is an iron alloy rich in carbon, characterized by excellent castability. Which makes it lighter than iron.

This concept appeared in 1850, developed by Baron Haussmann, a collaborator of King Napoleon III, for the manufacture of the famous Wallace Fountain. The cast iron moldings and reliefs are revised by hand to provide an impeccable finish. It is a large classic Medici vase, placed on its base, which particularly highlights it. With its base, this model can sometimes be very heavy, it is therefore preferable to place it outside, like old cast iron. The bad weather will bring even more to your garden pot a patina that will give it an antique appearance. This cast iron basin with base very elegantly decorates your immense garden or your entrance. For the main entrance of your property, its charm is higher if you buy it in pairs. You can put flowers in it if the Medici basin serves as an ornament to your garden, like what is in the garden of Versailles or various other castles in France. This type of decorative object has an imposing size, which allows it to receive large plants, which require enough space. Planting can also highlight it. There are holes in their bottoms, allowing water to drain.

Planters for your landscape decoration

In addition to the Borghese vases, the Medici basins are among the most reproduced ancient pots today. They seduce the modern era thanks to their charm and their incomparable beauty. Round, wide and often decorated with engravings, these ancient vases certainly influence contemporary vases. In the ancient era, each of them had a specific use, for water, wine, oils or also funerary. But currently, the faithful reproduction of a Medicis vase in cast iron patinated or natural color will give your landscaped space a magnificent ancestral style decoration. Often used to dress the parks of castles, this ornamental object is quite spectacular. Robust and solid, the pots with base are offered in a wide choice of sizes. Thus, several models are available to you, such as the black or green cast iron pot with its base for the garden, the Medici vase in Venetian cast iron, the basin with cherubs ... Whether you want a pot with a not very high height of 47 cm or a high pot of 1,60 m, there is something for all your needs. A small Medici vase will be placed in the interior, it will allow you to decorate your offices, your living rooms or your entrance furniture. It can also be used as a pocket emptier, if necessary.

These cast iron vases will amaze your guests when installed on a wall or an entrance column. By lining the path or a location without height, they will be even more charming than ever. There is even a base adapted especially to each model. Depending on the size you choose, each garden pot will find a suitable place.

Let yourself be tempted now by luxury, because we put it within your reach. To decorate your property, opt for a cast iron pot, it is an ideal item for a Château style decoration. Your planter with base will be delivered to you express in just three days on average. The choice is yours. Just browse our photo gallery to discover a Medici vase with base that suits you. Order online and offer the elegance of a chateau garden to your estate. Whatever your style, classic or contemporary, Medici vases can find their place in your home.