A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL BOWL
A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL BOWL

SCHOOL OF PARIS, PROBABLY THOMAS SERGENT, CIRCA 1875

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL BOWL
SCHOOL OF PARIS, PROBABLY THOMAS SERGENT, CIRCA 1875
The center moulded and applied with a lobster resting on a bed of shells and seaweed, the cavetto and border with a fish, a snake, a salamander, several insects and snails resting among ivy, bulrushes and an oak branch
13 in. (33 cm.) wide

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See Katz, p. 35, for a platter of similar composition by Thomas Sargent.

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