What metal are most of these made from?

Brass dominates, appearing in 119 of 251 titles. Copper follows, then bronze. Everything else is thin on the ground. Cast iron reaches only twelve titles, and lead, tin, zinc, wirework and tole ware turn up once or twice each.

Why do listings say planter instead of jardiniere?

Dealers use the two words for the same object. Planter appears in 94 titles, more than any spelling of jardinière. The practical effect is that the category splits in two under search. Both words return different halves of the same stock.

How old are metal jardinieres on Sellingantiques?

The dealer-supplied dates run from 1800 to 1930. About 101 listings carry a clean year. The rest sit in broad buckets: '19th Century' is the largest at 66 listings, Victorian next at 44. Where decades are stated they cluster on the 1900s, 1880s and 1890s.

Are Japanese bronze examples different from English ones?

They are a separate population. Thirty-one titles say Japanese and fifteen say Meiji, and the group takes in cloisonné, champlevé and gilt or silvered bronze. Some were never plant pots. Suiban are shallow basins made for ikebana and bonsai, and they are sold here as jardinières.

Do pairs come up often?

No. Pair appears in just twelve titles. When they do appear they sit in the upper half of the range: cast iron garden planters, Regency lead pots and Chinese brass jardinières among them.

What unusual things get sold as jardinieres?

The heading takes in a good deal of dual-purpose metalware. Wine coolers and cisterns, log bins and buckets, cauldrons and jam pans all appear. The outliers go further still. A painted milk churn, a pair of hip baths, a mortar and pestle and a copper Gladstone bag have all been offered under it.

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A metal jardinière is a container for a potted plant, made in brass, copper, bronze or iron for the 19th-century drawing room, where palms, ferns and aspidistras were grown indoors.