Astier de Villate Snake Cup with Golden and Black Eyes Cleaning & Tidying leaves & stems

leaves & stems

This tool is part of the Sneeboer X Gardenheir collection

While less suited for tightly planted borders

they are often called "ridging hoes" despite being useless for weeding and rarely being used for breaking solid ground--the two primary functions of a hoe

Raku-fired

Astier de Villate Snake Cup with Golden and Black Eyes Cleaning & Tidying leaves & stemsCoiled around the cup and serving as its handle, a three dimensional snake with gilded and black eyes makes the Snake Cup one of Astier de Villatte's more quietly audacious objects. Hand shaped in Paris from black terracotta clay and finished in a luminous white porcelain glaze, it holds a morning espresso or an afternoon tea with the same ease it brings to a shelf or a cabinet. Stamped with the atelier's monogram and the initials of the artisan who