Jardinière decorated with butterflies. Mostly ceramic but one is silver plate from WMF.

Pair of glazed ceramic jardinière decorated with butterflies. ca. 1890. French. Delphin Massier, maker. Signed Delphins Massier Vallauris. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/planters-cachepots-jardinieres/pair-of-glazed-ceramic-butterflies-planters-delphin-massier-france-c-1890/id-f_25293892/?epik=dj0yJnU9cGxBSHhJelA1RmpWY3huZXM0TlZKYXpIQmtYeDhYSVgmcD0wJm49Tlg0LUZrZFo0UXBWb3V3U0stbUxuUSZ0PUFBQUFBR2JsZGlr
Jardinière with butterflies. Silver plated metal with a pale green glass liner. Oval openwork shape with butterflies, berried branches and curved bands. ca. 1905. Made by WMF in Geislingen, Germany. Listed in a 1906 WMF Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork catalogue. Maker’s marks: impressed factory mark. Image © 2024 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/1069618/
Roses and butterfly cachepot jardinière in majolica with three different butterflies. Art Nouveau, 1895-1910 ish. French. Majolica ceramic. Delphin Massier, maker. Signed Delphin Massier Vallaruis to the base. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/planters-cachepots-jardinieres/19th-century-majolica-roses-butterfly-jardiniere-delphin-massier/id-f_20822132/
Jardinière with butterflies. ca. 1880. Austrian, made in Vienna. Silver with a blue glass liner. Albert Köhler & Cie, maker. Albert Köhler & Cie was founded in Vienna by Albert Köhler. They were taken over by WMF in 1900. Image ©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via https://www.artnet.com/artists/a-k%C3%B6hler-cie/a-jardini%C3%A8re-with-butterflies-by-a-k%C3%B6hler-cie-F2hSnZqmpQCYp-FFXv7WPg2
Large butterfly jardinière. The butterfly naturalistically modeled with upswept wings, perched on a pink chrysanthemum, supporting a similarly petaled conical vessel. ca. 1890. French. Majolica ceramic. Delphin Massier, maker. Makers marks: black painted uppercase mark Delphin Massier/Vallauris (A.M.) to the base. Image © 1986-2024 Invaluable, LLC and Doyle Auctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/delphin-massier-majolica-large-butterfly-jardinie-1026-c-5b948d7812

What good is your new estate without swans to pretty it up. Not real swans that need feeding but swan jardinière holders. Different makers and years, all graceful.

Blush ivory swan jardinière holder, the blush ivory bird with a basketweave molded jardinière pot nestled between its wings. 1899. British. Ceramic. Royal Worcester, maker. Maker’s marks: puce printed mark to the base with shape Number 532. Image © Tooveys/Rupert Toovey and Co Ltd  2017-2024. Fair use license. https://www.tooveys.com/lots/579187/a-royal-worcester-blush-ivory-swan-jardiniere-holder
Vallauris glazed porcelain swan jardinière. by 1907. French. Glazed porcelain. Honoré Delphin Massier, maker (1836-1907). Marked to the base. Image © 2002-2024 LiveAuctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/price-result/delphin-massier-porcelain-swan-jardiniere/
White swan jardinière. ca. 1910. French. Majolicaware. Studio of Jerome Massier Fils (1850-1916), maker. Maker’s marks: signed Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris to the base. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/planters-cachepots-jardinieres/majolica-swan-jardiniere-jerome-massier-fils-circa-1910/id-f_26701542/?utm_content=paid&allowUniversalLink=no&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2ou2BhCCARIsANAwM2GJQcJCRBqz2cWoHwOgyNHHts-H0bMdY4MZVu1dahc4J8zguRI-KmoaAhTSEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Swans jardinière stand. ca. 1890. English. Green and white Majolica ceramic. Bretby Pottery, maker. Maker’s marks: mark reading Bretby Pottery to the base. Image © ebay. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/294968708746

Majolica ware with a bird motif. Delphin Massier, makers. Starting in 1860 in Vallauris, France, their work has very vibrant colors due to their mastery of copper oxide flambé glazing. All of these taken from the website of Galerie Vauclair in Paris.

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Flamingo motif column vase. ca. 1890-1900. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/flamingo-column-delphin-massier/?lang=en

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Parrot and grasshopper on a bamboo branch. ca. 1880. Signed on the underside. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/parrot-and-grasshopper-delphin-massier/?lang=en

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Raging parrot. ca. 1890. French. Signed on the underside. Image © Copyright – GALERIE VAUCLAIR. Fair use license. via http://galerie-vauclair.fr/GV/portfolio-item/raging-parrot-delphin-massier/?lang=en