Basketweave Seed Pan With Saucer Table Cane toppers are designed to

Cane toppers are designed to cover the sharp end of the cane and keep you from poking your eye out while you garden

was made for Elizabeth Canby in 1825

These pots are perfect for a beautiful grouping of Paperwhites

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(and drain hole into the attached saucer) makes it perfect for indoor planting during the colder months

Basketweave Seed Pan With Saucer Table Cane toppers are designed toThis is a more highly ornamented version of the simple, unadorned work pots that were found in Victorian era greenhouses and conservatories. In their day, they were as ubiquitous as a plastic grower's pot today, and potters threw (and sold) them by the ton. Seed pans were used for starting seeds in winter and early spring, so that they could be transplanted to larger pots as they grew. Every Victorian greenhouse or conservatory had plenty of these