MEDICEAN ROUND LEAD PLANTER

Our Medicean Round Lead Planter references a fragment of Roman pilaster housed at the Villa Medici, Rome. There are several of these fragments displayed in Rome and Florence, but their origins are unknown. However, from their size and craftsmanship they are thought to be part of a temple or honorific arch. A ‘felicitas temporum’ dating from the first century now repeats seamlessly around this foundry-cast lead planter that will still look as good many centuries from now.