Early 19th Century French Pétrin, or Dough Box

A 19th century French Napoleon III bronze mounted marquetry jardinière, or plant stand with inlaid veneers of mahogany and walnut. Curved ebonized legs joined by a lower shelf. The shaped oval top has cast bronze handles...

A 19th century Napoleon III bronze mounted marquetry jardiniere, or planter, with inlaid veneer of kingwood. Decorated with two hand-painted Se`vres porcelain medallions, one with a ...

A 19th century French Napoleon III marquetry jardinière with unusual form, ebonized finish with burl of walnut veneer detailed with bead trim. Fine quality cast bronze handles, galle...

An early 19th century French boite à sel, or salt box, made of solid oak. Hinged lid with tacked leather tabs. A simple handcrafted box with nice proportio...

A 19th century French Louis XV style Rococo bronze mounted jardinière, or planter, on a pedestal stand. Kingwood marquetry veneer retains the old French polish finish. Decorated with...

A large 19th century Spanish terracotta olive jar with orange and green glaze at the rim dripping down the sides. Beautiful warm weathered patina....

19th century, French bronze planter or Gueridon Measures: cm W 56 x maximum diameter 51 x H 90. H on the floor of the wide 81 cm This refined planter was made in France towards the end of the nineteenth century in the style of «Retour d'Egypte». It consists of a tripod structure in finely chiselled gilded bronze and lacquered in tones. Each leg originates with scroll decorations and phytomorphic elements with golden details, supported by a sphinx with hairstyle, tail and golden wings. This sits on a curvilinear and wavy element decorated with golden ramage and a man’s head with a long beard of classic taste. The legs end with an injured foot and rest on a tripartite base that connects them. In the middle of each leg there is a bronze junction with curls and volutes that converges towards the others in the center, where a vertical element contributes to the momentum and gracefulness of the whole. The basin of the planter is in lacquered tin, with gold edges and reserves. The rising part of the tub has some holes that allow the breathability of the space. This tripod is inspired, with variations, to a famous model of the brothers Luigi and Antonio Manfredini, active in Milan at the beginning of the nineteenth century, financed by the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte, for the opening of the real manufacture of Eugenia. The Retour d'Egypte style was widely echoed in France and Europe and originated from General Bonaparte’s military campaign in Egypt in 1799. The fashion of the Egyptians had already in Italy found a previous interpreter in the engraver Giovan Battista Piranesi, but the vast diffusion that also had in the furniture the Egyptian ornament...

19th Century Country French Confit Pot is a fine example of the pinnacle of evolution of the clay pot as used for foodstuff storage. The concept dates back thousands of years, and no...

19th Century country French confit pot is a fine example of the pinnacle of evolution of the clay pot as used for foodstuff storage. The concept dates back thousands of years, and no...

French 18th century large cauldron in brass, beautiful patina, can be used as a planter.

Gorgeous terracotta planter dating back to the early 1800s. Features rib design along sides.

This beautiful urn originates from Greece. Item features ribbed design all around. Circa 1820s.