Pair of Aesthetic Movement porcelain jardinieres with hand painted decoration of brightly colored birds, butterflies and flowers, with gilt trimmed rims and griffin wing and tail handles, scattered areas of burnished background. Impressed and hand painted numbers on underside, marks for Royal Bonn. 12" H x 18" diam. (at handles). Late 19th century, Germany. Provenance: the estate of Capt. L. Bush Cole, Nashville, Tennessee (formerly of Texas). (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

Overall light crazing, wear to gilt handles and gilt rim trim, 1"dark mark to side of one planter. Hairlines to bottom of one planter.