A Late 18th Century French Pink Granite Oval Jardiniere, Circa 1795

Pink granite, two-piece, jardinière, comprising of a rectangular integrated plinth or base, ovoid foot and column, with separate ovoid body or bowl with pinched neck and rolled rim.  The body is finely carved in relief with ribbed details, and the whole is finely polished.

From a quarry between Brittany and Cherbourg in northern France.  The quarry was opened in 1790 and was closed by 1830.