Gargoyles

Gargoyle as reservoir 
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  We know them well, the gargoyles on the old churches.
They were used to keep away the rainwater coming down the buildings
and were as famous as protectors.
Their demonic appearance should reproach to the bad spirits as a mirror and to hold them back.

  We turned around the principle of the water slip and use it as

 a water reservoir for flowerpots.

The figures are hollow inside to be able to store the water. About a felt tongue
(in two different sizes)
the water is dribbling into the pot and holds your plant moist.

Our figures are created to the blueprints of Eugene Viollet-de-Duc.

Viollet-de-Duc (1814 – 1879) was the responsible architect for the restoration of medieval buildings, e.g. for Notre Dame or the Basilica of Saint Denis.

The nowadays famous gallery of gargoyles at Notre Dame are fakes or new creations of
Viollet-de-Duc. The original figures were mostly rotten, only few you can see in the museum today.  

Blueprints of
Viollet-de-Duc                                our realisation for example

	So they still keep a part of their original function, they protect and they guard your plants!

Size:                      ca. 10 cm
Price:                    4er Set          see list
                            Single Set      see list

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