Attributed to Charles-Emile PÂRIS & Compagnie - Émaillerie du Bourget Pair of large enameled cast-iron jardinières or orange tree pots, flared with two lateral lion's head handles. They stand on four palet-shaped feet, their base highlighted by a quarter-circle. Decorated in imitation of Rouen earthenware, with iron blue and red mantling on a white background. Composed of six quarters and a circular base (pierced), joined by bolts and nuts. No visible signature. Circa 1870-1880. H. 66 cm - Diam. at neck: 61.5-62 cm. Open bubbles on the inner counter-glaze; faded colors, chips and large enamel losses; one quarter split two-thirds of the way up (near its mounting); rust and corrosion. Initially founded in 1827 by Jean-Alexandre Pâris, the King's jeweler in the Place du Palais Royal, the Manufacture de cristallerie-émaillerie de Bercy became the Manufacture Saint-Joseph du Bourget some forty years later, through inheritance by his son, Charles-Emile Pâris. He retained the technical processes perfected in his father's time, and considerably expanded production, offering in particular the famous enamelled vase-gardeners in imitation of Rouen's blue and red earthenware, which met with great success in the second half of the 19th century.