A Théodore Deck faïence jardinière circa 1880-90

painted on either side with insects and birds perched on flowering branches or in flight against a watery blue ground, applied on either side with an entwined lizard handle, impressed TH DECK.

There is a very fine, approximate 3-inch glaze crack that is not discernible. Tips of of both lizard-terminals on the handles have been touched up, possibly to cover glaze abrasions. Otherwise in good condition.
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A similar example of this shape is illustrated in Bernard Bumpus, Théodore Deck Céramiste, fig. 45.