Chris

A pair of century-old small zinc planters for sale at Ruby Lane. Made by Ukrainian immigrant Samuel Galkin in Providence, RI sometime around the first world war. If the patina in the photos is accurate, I’d say these look like cast zinc with fairly large amounts of lead and copper — a very different composition than the material we use today. Still, this gives a good idea of the longevity of zinc.

These are priced at $395 for the pair. Doesn’t seem like a bad price. And if you like stuff like this, there a quite a few other good finds on his store.

Found by J.Covington*Design.

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