Simply... Victorian.

Love....
Victorian Iron.
: ) 

Victorian....

'Anything'...

really.

: )

I picked up...the Tall...Victorian Urn, by chance...this morning.

I had bought a pair of Big...Old...Mirrors, last night...

after I picked them up...this morning, I ran across this Urn.

They described it as a Bird Bath....

It's a Planter.

The rim...has some damage, but... to me, that, almost adds to it's Charm. : )

It's mossy green, with remnants of paint, that was applied....sometime...

over the last hundred and twenty years...or so. 

It's quite... beautiful. 

I love, most anything...from that period, and before.

{1870's, 80's...and before. }

The detail...is something, we lack...in more modern pieces.

The Victorians... adored....

'Beauty'.

They were particular about their Homes...and Gardens.

The Textiles...and Hardware...well, Everything...that surrounded them, 

had to be Full of Detail...and...Beauty.

: )

Pleasing to the Eye.

This, old....Planter, was 'that'....to me, for sure. 

They have tried to reproduce this iron...over the last 50 years...or so.

If, you are familiar....with the 'real deal'....

the reproductions...don't hold a candle. 

It's truly...all...about the detail.

The Crisp...lines, that only...can be created by good, clean....molds, and...

good quality, Iron, itself....and, by People...who took Pride...in their Craft.

Tho... this old Urn, is far...from perfect, today... I wouldn't trade it....for a 'new'...'perfect'...one.

: )

but...

that's just me. 

: )

Vintage Garden...touches my heart.

Even, some...of the modern pieces...from the mid 1900's.....

if, they have a worn, well loved surface...

with many years of exposure...to the elements, 

well, 'Nature' has her Most...perfect, way of patination, 

that...Only, She... and Time, can, Truly... create.

yes, it is...all about 'The Journey'. 

Shortcuts... and Hurry.....

can't match...the Real Deal.

: )

Love, to ya...

Barb C. 

{For the record, there was Nothing...'Simple', during The Victorian period.
: )
Everything... was Over The Top.
Beautiful. : ) }