On 6/12/07 23:10, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote ..
This is a very long shot indeed but does anyone happen to know of a
Turkish
company that makes large egg shaped lights for the garden. The ones I'm
thinking of must stand about 4' high and have star shaped holes in them
and
are made of terracotta.
http://i11.tinypic.com/8eaxapz.jpg

Ok, but I've always liked the carved stone lanterns around the garden of one
of the Hotels we have stayed at a number of times...
http://www.photowebusa.com/taj/jai-m...lace/index.htm
go to "Virtual Tour" and then pool area.

Aren't they just perfectly in keeping?! Lovely place, Bob. I am guessing
that the 'eggs' at our Turkish hotel were sort of reminiscent of a communal
cooking area used by the caravanserai. These were egg shaped roofs with
holes in them to let smoke out. The restaurant at our hotel was in the
garden, at the end of the pool, and its design was reminiscent of a yurt.
Apparently, the architect is also the owner of the hotel. I'm usually more
into antique than modern but the egg shaped lights were perfect in their
setting and of course, some consider the egg to be *the* perfect shape. ;-)
These lights were of very high quality, as to manufacture and the terracotta
was thick, not flimsy, easily breakable stuff. You can imagine that at
night the light shining through those star-shaped holes and reflected in the
pool (sometimes populated by the neighbouring river's frogs!) was just
beautiful.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'