Prop: getting hit with a vase

[vbskeeby]

Hello!  We have a scene where our lead is hit over the head with a vase and he's knocked unconscious.  The director is fine with the vase not breaking (can't afford breakable vases), so I need something that looks relatively French circa 1800's (not specified) that a man can be hit with and not hurt.  Found a few rubber vases online but they all look pretty modern.  Any ideas?

[missliz]

There's a fun little housewares company called Fred that does lots of traditional items in nontraditional materials...not sure if they'd have what you're looking for, but a quick google pulls up their catalog site:
http://worldwidefred.com/fredproducts.htm

I also wonder if Etsy would be helpful.

[MatthewShiner]

In my current show, we have a lovely statue carved out dense foam, then painted . . . looks amazingly like marble.

Might be easy to craft something . . .

[vbskeeby]

Great ideas - thanks!