Jardinière - Neogothic - Silver plated brass - Gargoyles

It’s a planter that embodies that nineteenth-century Neo-Gothic you love so much: an object that, while functional, behaves like a small portable architecture, with its medieval teatrality, its ornamental density, and that silvery shine that turns light into another element of the design. The silvered brass, worked with artisanal patience, shows deep reliefs that seem lifted from a cathedral frieze: nervated leaves, scrolls that curl like vine stalks, small tracery reminiscent of ogival windows, and, in general, that taste for texture that defines XIXth-century historicism.

The body of the piece is broad, slightly bulging, with a surface that alternates smooth areas with others of marked decoration, creating a very expressive play of shadows. The legs—four, sturdy, with the shape of claws or zoomorphic rests—reinforce the idea that the planter not only holds plants but also sustains itself as a small fantastic being, solid and vigilant.

But the most powerful gesture lies in the handles. Each one is crowned by a gargoyle, modeled with that drama inherent to Neo-Gothic: elongated heads, open mouths, pointed ears, a mix between protective creature and symbolic monster. They are not mere ornaments; they function as guardians of the object, as if they watched over its contents. The transition between the handle and the figure is resolved with tense, almost muscular curves, which add dynamism and a touch of elegant ferocity.

All together, it is a piece that combines medieval fantasy, nineteenth-century craftsmanship, and a sculptural presence that makes it more than a planter: a fragment of domesticated Gothic architecture, an object that seems to tell ancient stories from its silvery shine.

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