This pot was designed for the Chelsea Flower Show, which meant it had to hold its own next to the kind of horticulture that wins medals. The Skull color was not in the original plan. We made it anyway. It sold out before the tent opened.

The Liberté Medium is a 4.25-inch porcelain plant pot with a matched saucer. The 9th wedding anniversary traditional gift is pottery or ceramics — the Medium is the size that reads as intentional rather than incidental. Porcelain fires at a higher temperature than standard ceramic, producing a denser body and a surface that stays non-porous when glazed correctly. The drainage hole is in the bottom, where drainage holes belong. The saucer catches what drains. Both pieces are fired together so the fit stays exact over time.

Available in fourteen colors, including Skull — a white glaze with a repeating skull motif that the San Antonio Botanical Garden stocks and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston was extremely pleased to receive. Chive has exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 14 consecutive years. The Liberté is part of the reason.