Cretan Pot Roumbaki Mallia

The extraordinary Cretan Roumbaki Mallia 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 are not included.

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

A wide, two-handled pot like this one may well have been used every day by Minoans living in the eastern city of Mallia. The Roumbaki Mallia pot has one drainage hole. Dimensions are for the widest diameter (including handles) by height of pot. Keep from freezing in winter.

• Measures approximately 18″ wide x 12″ tall
• Pots are thrown by hand, so no two are alike
• Weighs approximately 24 pounds
• Holds about 30 quarts of soil (around 1 cubic foot)
• Planter uses about 1 bag of our Fafard Container Mix. Click to order.