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mini bronze tripod a hospitality gift
£60.00
A bay and rosemary tealight (included with your tripod) fits perfectly into the bowl. And its feet are so sweet!(note from me: I've chosen this little tripod to feature in all the new photos, as of April 2026, just to have a consistent idea of scale. I think it works!) Height to top of the handles: 11cm Diameter of bowl: 7cm
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about the bronzes in this collection
The bronze pieces are cast in Greece using the traditional lost wax method. As nothing is mass-produced, there will inevitably be slight variations in texture, patina, and colour. No two pieces are ever the same. If mounted on a marble base, it will be a black or very dark grey base. There may be a variation of some millimetres in the dimensions of the base from time to time. It's All Greek is so grateful and so proud to have been working closely with the Semitekolo family foundry since 1999. It has been a privilege and a joy to handle, live with, and photograph these gorgeous pieces and to pass them on to customers all over the world. |
about the tripod
Tripods - from the Greek 'tripous', meaning 'three footed' - were symbols of achievement, status, and hospitality.
In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey they were a token of friendship between host and guest, and were given as prizes for winning in games. In the Classical period, vases show that they continued to be awarded as prizes for athletic competitions.
The tripod is associated with Apollo, god of oracles and prophecy. In Apollo's sanctuary in Delphi, his priestess, the Pythia, would sit in the bowl of a tripod and inhale laurel fumes before delivering her prophetic utterances. At one point, Apollo's half-brother Herakles tried to wrestle the tripod from Apollo, as depiced on several vases and temple sculptures.
These bronze tripods are wonderful decorative pieces in their own right, but look stunning with a lit candle or a plant in the bowl.