The cast stone Plaited Basket from Haddonstone is a traditional garden planter. The Plaited Basket is a delightful oval basket with a plaited rim. Similar charming designs in Haddonstone’s extensive collection include the traditional Plaited Trough A515. The oval Plaited Basket is perfect as a garden planter for small gardens, balconies or to enhance traditional terraces and patios.
The oval Plaited Basket famously featured in a Haddonstone advertisement of the 1980s titled ”A genuine mistake”. This advertisement recounted how four weathered Haddonstone Plaited Baskets, made ten years previously, had sold at auction for £1000. At the time they retailed at only £36.50 each.
And that was certainly not the only time this has happened with Haddonstone’s famous Plaited Baskets! In a recent auction at Sotheby’s, four charming 20th century stone garden planters went under the hammer for over £5,000. But there was a twist. The pieces were manufactured by Haddonstone around 15 years before and are still made by Haddonstone today – the Plaited Basket you see here. The weathered look is attractive to auction buyers, who often prefer their pieces to be aged and are consequently prepared to pay a significant premium for a weathered cast stone garden planter.
The cast stone Plaited Basket is available in Portland, Bath and Terracotta colours.
For dimensions of this traditional oval shaped garden planter by Haddonstone, please see below