Denise Vilim I have always adored bullet planters, but have yet to own one. I wonder what they were priced at back in the 50's & 60's. I'm guessing they weren't the equivalent of $100-$150 back then. Still, as overpriced as I think they are, I'd really like to have one. I love it used as a cooler and as a mag rack! It would also make a cute little side table with a circular tray placed atop it.

Becky Harris Good point Denise - I wonder if they go on sale after gardening season is over?

Hi-Lite Manufacturing Co. Gosh, these are just TOO stylish. I feel like having something on the rocks while picking my ice from one of these planters.

Those decals are great!

Mackenzie Austin Design Here's a cool use I've seen on Pintrest...a light (would be great outdoors or in).

Hi-Lite Manufacturing Co. @Mackenzie I'm not sure if we should consider that a lighting fixture or a work of art.

dinykerr We had an orange one in the early sixties that my mom uses as a clothes hamper!

tsudhonimh The urban lore is fantasy: it could not have been a satellite dish because the shape is all wrong.

It could have started as repurposed airplane parts - that is much the same shape as the fairings on some of the WWII planes.

Marina Klima Goldberg - Klima Design Group Great article, Becky. This is great gift idea- bullet planter.

H_Pike Oliver I believe the manufacturer of the bullet shaped planters was a firm known has Koch Luggage or H. Koch and Sons --http://www.hkoch.com/company.cfm. During the 1950s and perhaps into the 1960s, they had offices in San Rafael, CA and a manufacturing plant in Corte Madera, CA. Both of these towns are in Marin County, about 12 to 15 miles north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. My aunt worked at the firm's San Rafael office as an executive secretary for several years. I recall several of these bullet shaped fiberglass planters in the yards of my parents and grandparents in Tiburon and Belvedere, also in Marin County. The firm was more famous for its luggage but also produced other items such as the planters.

ronnie1950 I grew up in New York in the 50s in a suburb of NYC, with a mother with a green thumb. We had these planters in several sizes for her giant houseplants so she could place them in front of windows. They were not just a California item. Haven't seen them or thought of them in years - but this brought back fond memories.

anneinthegarden ugh, dating myself here... we use to call them egg planters when I was, um...small. We had two turquoise tall ones out on the patio. I guess because they came in every color we associated them with Easter eggs??

retromomma I bought one at a yard sale. And then sold it at a yard sale. sigh. in my interest of purging, this was one of the items i wished i had not "de-cluttered". $25 in my pocket was soon gone, LOL!

jsksss Too much money for a planter.

wewagner wewagner My planter is made out of heavy glass. I found a round piece of flat glass at a second hand store and placed it over the top. Inside the planter I put in some solar lights. Real nice in the summer.