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  • #1

    Wanted: King's Head wall planter

    Righto then, let's see if you lot can help me out with this.

    My Mum & Dad have a couple of wall planters:

    Click image for larger version Name: Head1.jpg Views: 1 Size: 104.5 KB ID: 2405738 Click image for larger version Name: Head2.jpg Views: 1 Size: 112.5 KB ID: 2405739

    They'd like a third, but can't find one.

    They are both about 9" across the top. One is 13" high, the other 15". You can plant in the top of them.

    So...does anyone recognise these? Who were they made by (I'm assuming the same manufacturer for both)? Where might I buy one?

    Failing that, has anyone got one they'd be prepared to part with?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Cheers, MBE
    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling
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    I should probably add that they're not at all sexist and a queen's head planter in a similar mould would be perfectly acceptable.
    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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    • #3
      You could find somebody who's face fitted the bill, and do your own DIY concrete mould of that :-)

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      • #4
        https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Terracott...zR9&rmvSB=true

        https://www.victoriangardenandlighti...k/shop/?s=king
        Last edited by veggiechicken; 14-04-2018, 10:17 PM.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
          https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Terracott...zR9&rmvSB=true

          https://www.victoriangardenandlighti...k/shop/?s=king
          Sorry VC, I've seen these and they just don't cut the mustard.
          Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
          By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
          While better men than we go out and start their working lives
          At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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          • #6
            Originally posted by nickdub View Post
            You could find somebody who's face fitted the bill, and do your own DIY concrete mould of that :-)
            That sounds a bit like volunteering to me.
            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mrbadexample View Post
              Sorry VC, I've seen these and they just don't cut the mustard.
              Now you're getting picky.
              What about a gnome???

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              • #8
                It's not me that's picky. It needs to match.

                What sort of gnome?
                Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                • #9
                  Sadly, not matching...but you'll be shocked at the price of these!...

                  https://www.1stdibs.com/amp/furnitur...s/id-f_521850/
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                    ...but you'll be shocked at the price of these!...
                    Why yes. Yes I would.

                    Same design as the terracotta one on ebay that VC linked to, too.
                    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                    • #11
                      Can you take one off the wall? It may have the maker's name on the back...
                      Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
                      Endless wonder.

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                      • #12
                        You can get a king and queen here the picture is terracotta but it comes in grey stone too.
                        Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
                        Endless wonder.

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                        • #13
                          Are there any precasters (think that's the term basically people that work with concrete around) who could make up a mould for you from the ones you have? You could try yourself but I don't think liquid latex is that easy to get nowadays (could be wrong)

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                          • #14
                            Out of interest,
                            Have they any recollection when and where they bought them, or were they gifts?
                            Could they have been bought abroad?
                            Maybe the 'gift giver' could be contacted?

                            My thoughts are that they seem to heavy to have arrived by post, or put in suitcases....so they must have been bought by someone with a car.
                            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                            Location....Normandy France

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                            • #15
                              Can they /anyone recall how long they have had them?

                              As MH suggests...maybe there is a makers mark on the back....along with contact details?!!!
                              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                              Location....Normandy France

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