Is a jardiniere a pot or a stand?

Both, under this heading. The vessel and the stand made to raise it are listed the same way, and dealers write jardiniere/planter or jardiniere/plant stand when a piece answers to either. The stand is the commoner form. 162 of 406 titles contain "stand" of some kind, against 84 containing "planter".

What are most antique jardinieres made from?

Wood, more than anything else. Mahogany leads at 82 titles, with oak next at 29, and kingwood, rosewood, walnut and satinwood on the more decorated pieces. Metal, ceramic and stone vessels are a steady presence rather than the bulk: brass, cast and wrought iron, wirework, toleware, majolica, faience, marble and alabaster all appear.

Why are wine coolers listed as jardinieres?

Because the shapes convert. A coopered brass-bound bucket built as a wine cooler, cellarette, peat bucket or tea stove takes a plant liner without alteration, and dealers list it under both names. It's a sizeable strand of the category. Cooler appears in 28 titles, wine cooler in 25, alongside log baskets, a knitting basket and a waste paper bin.

How old are they usually?

The dated field spans 1750 to 1960, with 171 listings carrying a clean year. The earliest are a pair of George II mahogany pieces dated 1750 and 1760; the latest is a tobacco pedestal of 1960. Decades, where given, cluster in the late Victorian and Edwardian years, thinning through the 1920s. Pre-1800 pieces amount to a handful of titles.

What makes Chinese jardiniere stands recognisable?

Carved hardwood and a marble top. Chinese appears in 32 titles and oriental in 14, with padouk, hongmu and Qing Dynasty named among them. Marble turns up in 21 titles and "marble top" in 10, several of those two-tier or described as fish-bowl stands. Japanese Meiji, Anglo-Indian and Indian pieces sit in the same part of the archive.

Which jardinieres sit at the top of the range?

French mounted work. Kingwood, boulle and marquetry table jardinieres with gilded metal mounts and porcelain plaques hold the far end. Above even those come grand Regency marble and wrought-iron cisterns and urns. Pairs and large scale push prices up across every branch.

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A jardiniere is a container for indoor plants, or the stand made to raise one to eye level, a form that took shape in 18th-century France and spread as heated rooms and conservatories made indoor planting fashionable.