What are olive jars made of?

Olive jars are made out of two types of clay - gray clay from Vaugrenier and red clay from Clausonnes, both located in France. The two clays are mixed together to achieve the final color of the jar. You’ll find a variety of olive jars from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

Olive Jar Planter

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19th Century Terracotta Planter

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Spanish Terracotta Jar

Biot Pot

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Antique 19th Century Spanish Planters and Jardinieres

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Ceramic

Large Antique Spanish Olive Jar

$2,250

Large Antique Spanish Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A good, large mid 19th century Spanish olla. The small jar is shown for scale only and is not part

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Antique 19th Century Spanish Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Large Antique Spanish Olive Jar

$1,500

Large Antique Spanish Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A good, large mid 19th century Spanish olla.

Dimensions: 36.5 inches high x 29 inches diameter.

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Antique 19th Century Spanish Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Large Antique Spanish Olive Jar

$1,800

Extra Large Bisque Terracotta Olive Jar

Located in Culver City, CA

Beautiful large bisque terracotta olive jar.

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Antique 19th Century Spanish Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Extra Large Bisque Terracotta Olive Jar

$3,600

Monumental Italian Terra Cotta Olive Jar

Located in Round Top, TX

A monumental Italian hand built terra cotta olive storage vessel, circa 19th century. This jar

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Antique 19th Century Italian Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Monumental Italian Terra Cotta Olive Jar

$5,800

19th Century Whitewashed Crete Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking Crete olive jar that is whitewashed. It was typical in villages of Crete

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Antique Mid-19th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

19th Century Whitewashed Crete Olive Jar

$890

18th Century French Provincial Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

this is an exception French provincial olive jar from the 1700's. the green glaze drips are very

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century French Provincial Olive Jar

$3,800

Late 18th Century French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really nice old French olive jar in excellent condition. It dates from the late 1700's

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Late 18th Century French Olive Jar

$3,330

Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar

Located in Long Island City, NY

Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar in the Renaissance Manner. The front painted with a crown

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Antique 19th Century Italian Planters and Jardinieres

Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar

$10,625

Large 19th century Spanish Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A large 19th century Spanish olive jar with ribbings and morisco green glaze.

Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Earthenware

Large 19th century Spanish Olive Jar

$1,800

Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar

Located in Long Island City, NY

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar in the Renaissance Manner. The

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Antique 19th Century Italian Planters and Jardinieres

Italian Majolica Olive Oil Storage Jar

$10,625

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice small olive jar from Biot, Provence, France from the early 1800's. This jar is

Category

Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar

$1,600

Large 19th Century Greek Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A massive 19th century greek olive jar. Ribbed with three handles and original painted surface. The

Category

Antique 19th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Large 19th Century Greek Olive Jar

$2,900

Large 19th Century Greek Olive Jar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A massive 19th century greek olive jar. Ribbed with three handles and original painted surface. The

Category

Antique 19th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Large 19th Century Greek Olive Jar

$2,900

Italian Tuscan Olive Jar Dated 1861

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very beautiful Italian Tuscan olive jar that supposedly came from a monstery in Tuscany

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Antique 19th Century Italian Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Italian Tuscan Olive Jar Dated 1861

$2,300

Pair of Massive Terracotta Olive Jars

Located in Santa Rosa, CA

Great looking massive pair of terracotta garden pots

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Early 20th Century Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Massive Terracotta Olive Jars

$4,800

Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice French olive jar that dates to the early 1800s. It has green glaze "mother-in

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Antique 1810s French French Provincial Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

$2,200

Pair 19th Century Small Crete Olive Jars

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very rare pair of small Crete olive jars that date to the 19th Century. They are

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

Pair 19th Century Small Crete Olive Jars

$1,180

Pair Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jars

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice pair of French olive jars from the village of Biot in Provence. They have an

Category

Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Pair Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jars

$3,800

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice large French olive jar that dates to the 18th century. Biot, France was known

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,700

19th Century French Olive Jar from Languedoc Region

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking French olive jar that dates to the mid 1800's. It came from the Languedoc

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

19th Century French Olive Jar from Languedoc Region

$1,900

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking large French provincial olive jar from Biot, Provence. It dates to the

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Planters and Jardini...

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

$2,600

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking very large French Provincial olive jar from Biot, Provence. It dates to the

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Planters and Jardini...

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

$2,900

Greek Antique Three-Handle Terracotta Olive Oil Jar

Located in Coral Gables, FL

Beautiful Greek Antique Three-Handle Terracotta Olive Oil Jar or garden pot. Several more available

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Early 20th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

Greek Antique Three-Handle Terracotta Olive Oil Jar

$975

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really nice example of a large French olive jar made in Biot, Provence, France in the

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Biot Olive Jar from Early 1800 s

$2,900

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very nice large French olive jar made in Biot, Provence in the early 1800s. It has a nice

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Provincial Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century Large French Biot Olive Jar

$2,800

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really exceptional early 1800's large French Biot olive jar. It is a truly a museum

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Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

French Biot Olive Jar from the Early 1800 s

$3,100

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a very attractive French Olive jar from Biot, France. It has a very nice colored glaze

Category

Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Early 19th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,800

Extremely Large Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is hands down the largest French olive jar I have ever seen. I purchased this jar in Provence

Category

Antique 19th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Extremely Large Early 19th Century French Biot Olive Jar

$3,600

18th Century French Olive Jar with Green Glaze Drip

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a really beautiful 18th century French olive jar in excellent condition. It has a green

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century French Olive Jar with Green Glaze Drip

$2,900

Large Greek Terra Cotta Olive Jar with 3 handles.

Located in Dallas, TX

This large Greek urn or Olive Jar has a wonderful old distressed whitewash finish over its terra

Category

Antique 19th Century Greek Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Large Greek Terra Cotta Olive Jar with 3 handles.

$1,500

Pair of provencal urns

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Very decorative olive jars making great planters

Category

Antique 19th Century Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of provencal urns

18th Century Biot Olive Oil Jar or Garden Pot Planter A

Located in Brenham, TX

were fired. Classic French antique Biot Olive Oil Jars date back to the 16th century. Biot

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century Biot Olive Oil Jar or Garden Pot Planter A

$5,740

Large Italian Terracotta Olive Jar Jardinière Planter with Family Heraldic Crest

Located in Atlanta, GA

crest. Born in Italy during the 20th century, this Italian olive jar jardinière features a large lip

Category

20th Century Italian Rustic Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Large Italian Terracotta Olive Jar Jardinière Planter with Family Heraldic Crest

$1,250

Spanish Terracotta Olive Oil Jar

Located in Retie, BE

Spanish terracotta olive oil jar. This green glazed olive oil jar was made in a pottery or

Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Rustic Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Spanish Terracotta Olive Oil Jar

$1,963

Early 20th Century Biot Olive Oil Jar or Garden Pot Planter with Three Stamps

Located in Brenham, TX

Biot jar with green glaze and three stamps. Classic French Antique Biot Olive Oil jars date

Category

Early 20th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Early 20th Century Biot Olive Oil Jar or Garden Pot Planter with Three Stamps

$1,250

Large 19th Century French Terra Cotta Olive Jar

Located in Nashville, TN

These French terra cotta jars were used to store olives, honey and other food. They were often

Category

20th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Terracotta

Large 19th Century French Terra Cotta Olive Jar

$1,675

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking large French provincial olive jar from Biot, Provence. It dates to the

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Planters and Jardini...

Early 19th Century French Provincial Biot Olive Jar

$2,100

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

Located in Fairhope, AL

This is a great looking tall French olive jar that was made in Biot, France in the late 18th

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

18th Century French Olive Jar from Biot, France

$2,700

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Olive Jar Planter For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic olive jar planter available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, terracotta and earthenware, every olive jar planter was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect olive jar planter — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each olive jar planter bearing Baroque hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made olive jar planter over the years, but those crafted by Berber Tribes of Morocco are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Olive Jar Planter?

Prices for an olive jar planter can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $995 and can go as high as $9,595, while the average can fetch as much as $2,673.

Finding the Right Planters-jardinieres for You

Beautiful plants deserve beautiful homes. It’s time to introduce antique and vintage planters and jardinieres to your home’s interiors and outdoor garden area.

The word “jardiniere” has roots in French, but the appeal of these vessels is global. The popularity of jardinieres — ceramic pots intended for cut flowers or plants — quickly gained traction in the United States during the start of the 20th century, when you could find them in some middle- and upper-class American homes. Jardinieres had already been coveted goods overseas for at least a couple of centuries by then, as intricate planters crafted from Chinese porcelain or gilded-bronze versions from Japan could be found in the living rooms of wealthy Europeans.

Today, the love for planters and jardinieres knows no bounds. And whether you consider yourself a proper gardener or merely a doting plant parent, there is likely a use for a planter inside or in the lively outdoor space around your home.

Outside, a pair of marble and terracotta planters or cast-iron urns designed in the neoclassical style can add a stately touch to your landscape design while helping establish boundaries between the areas you’ve created for gardening and entertaining.

Bare corners in your living room or dining room can often be difficult to populate with furnishings that fit just so, and a planter can change that. While it’s possible to get maximal impact from minimalist pottery — an understated mid-century modern planter could deliver on that front — you might be pining for an on-trend planter with pizzazz. Look to an outwardly angular fiberglass design decked out in bright colors to give your blooms a run for their money, while mounted or vintage hanging vessels can serve as the frame for nature’s organic artwork, quite literally taking your gardening skills to the next level.

Browse a broad collection of antique and vintage planters and jardinieres on 1stDibs today.

Questions About Olive Jar Planter

What are olive jars made of?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Olive jars are made out of two types of clay - gray clay from Vaugrenier and red clay from Clausonnes, both located in France. The two clays are mixed together to achieve the final color of the jar. You’ll find a variety of olive jars from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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