Flower pot - Earthenware - Liberty-style planter

The planter is stylistically attributable to the end of the 19th century or the first half of the 20th century (about 1890–1940), a period in which decorative figurative sculpture and the Liberty Style / Art Nouveau made extensive use of these subjects.
​The main stylistic and epochal elements include:
​Subject and iconography: The realistic and affectionate portrayal of infant figures paired with utilitarian vessels (such as baskets, basins or amphorae) is a very common genre theme between the late 1800s and early 1900s in Italian and European decorative sculpture.
​Material and finish: Terracotta worked by mold or shaped with patination giving a bronze/brass-burnished effect was extremely common in the artistic manufactories of the era (particularly active in Tuscany and central Italy).