Antique French Copper Lavabo Reservoir | European Farmhouse Wall Planter

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A beautifully timeworn antique copper lavabo reservoir, rich with the kind of patina only a century of use can create. … Read more A beautifully timeworn antique copper lavabo reservoir, rich with the kind of patina only a century of use can create. Hand-hammered and warmly burnished, this piece tells its story through every ripple, rivet, and repair—an authentic fragment of old-world European life.

Originally the upper vessel of a wall-mounted lavabo, this piece once held water for daily washing rituals in a French or continental home. Today, it offers a second life as a wall planter or decorative garden element, bringing that collected-over-time European farmhouse aesthetic into any space.

The softly rounded form is crowned with a rolled rim and accented by a band of hand-applied copper rivets, while the original spout remains intact—a charming reminder of its utilitarian past.

The surface has been intentionally left unpolished, preserving a deep, mottled patina with hints of verdigris and warm copper tones that only age can produce. This is the finish so desired —organic, layered, and impossible to replicate.

Perfect styled indoors with trailing greenery, mounted in a garden as a sculptural planter, or incorporated into a rustic fountain design. See less