A large polychrome porcelain jardinière with two handles and - Lot 245

A large polychrome porcelain jardinière with two handles and centerpiece, decorated in reserve on a black background with lily branches. It is centered on two heraldic blazons bearing the arms of the de Gastebois family on one side (Gules, a silver tower masoned Sable, flanked by four trees eradicated Or under a marquis's crown) and the arms of the de Lageard family on the other (Azure, a silver lion alias Or armed and langued Gules, and a silver crescent in the sinister angle of the chief). Second half of the 19th century Height: 17 cm - Length: 59 cm (wear on the gilding) Bibliography * Former collection of Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Casimir DE GASTEBOIS (1820-1872) and Madame Marie-Thérèse Félicité de LAGEARD, married October 2, 1848.