Willy Guhl Conical Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the conical form, a wide circular mouth tapering to a narrow base in one clean sloping line. The surface is warm gray, pale limestone and soft sand in color, weathered to a dry matte finish with fine mineral speckling and surface scratches. The thin rim is worn smooth, its edges softened by years outdoors.

It stands 15 inches high and measures 29 1/4 inches across the rim, a generous volume for a planter of this height. It is an original mid-century Swiss Eternit piece, and the scratches and speckling are the record of its first life, not faults.

The volume takes a small citrus tree, layered grasses or a sculptural succulent, and the form sits well on an open terrace, in a gravel courtyard, or along a formal entry path where a simple tapering shape is all that is wanted. This Willy Guhl planter is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for photographs and a quote.