A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL LEAF-SHAPED DISH
A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL LEAF-SHAPED DISH

CIRCA 1891-95, INCISED WITH THE TOWERS AND A MARK FOR ANGOULÊME AND SCRIPT MARK FOR RENOLEAU, GORAS AND COMPANY

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL LEAF-SHAPED DISH
Circa 1891-95, incised with the towers and A mark for Angoulême and script mark for Renoleau, Goras and Company
Moulded and applied with three fish and two variant conch shells resting on a bed of seaweed, the reverse pierced for hanging
12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

See Marshall Katz and Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, London, 1996, p. 179, fig. 241. for a similar dish with applied with a crab; also see lot 646 of the present sale for an example applied with a lobster and crayfish.

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