French Gilt Bronze Jardinière with Figural Masks and Scrollwork Antique

French Gilt Bronze Jardinière with Figural Masks and Scrollwork AntiqueRectangular French gilt bronze jardinire with pierced sides featuring elaborate scrolling foliage, stylized winged masks, and central cartouche motifs. The body is raised on four dark patinated bronze feet with scrolling forms and paw style terminals. Each short side is fitted with a figural mask holding a ring handle, likely a grotesque or mythological face, serving as both decoration and functional handle. The top edge is finished with a pierced

Construction

More likely for textile than clothing

wearing a pale gown with a blue ribbon at the neckline

Shipping is already included within the Continental US

Verso: Country lane watercolor likely from the Vendee department

spectral figure extending one arm as if addressing the other

1783-1789: Later expansions

Webster & Son was a prominent silver manufacturing company in Brooklyn

having hinged top with vacant cartouche

A handwritten inscription reads:

The frame is richly decorated with flowing acanthus leaves

Craquelure and some paint loss/dirt/darkened