Often used originally as practical planters, garden urns in marble and bronze became popular as garden features and collectors pieces across Europe. 

Louis XVI, the famous Sun King, used them extensively to decorate his fabulous gardens at Versailles and wealthy English and Americans undertaking the Grand Tour returned with them as souvenirs, capturing a little of that European style in their own gardens. With the advent of cast iron for manufacturing, urns became more affordable and were a key feature of many 19th century middle class gardens.

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