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See Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, London, 1996, p. 164, fig. 213 for a similarly inscribed plate.
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DATED 1881 AND THE PARTIALLY LEGIBLE INSCRIPTION 'GAMBUT EMILE A CHALON S(UR)/S(AÔNE) CHEZ...', GE MONOGRAM TO THE FRONT
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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
Dated 1881 and the partially legible inscription 'Gambut Emile a Chalon S(ur)/S(aône) chez...', GE monogram to the front
Moulded and applied with a large central lobster flanked by crayfish, the border with lizards feeding on frogs among reeds, bulrushes and shells on a grassy ochre and green ground, the reverse pierced for hanging
21¼ in. (54 cm.) diameter
Dated 1881 and the partially legible inscription 'Gambut Emile a Chalon S(ur)/S(aône) chez...', GE monogram to the front
Moulded and applied with a large central lobster flanked by crayfish, the border with lizards feeding on frogs among reeds, bulrushes and shells on a grassy ochre and green ground, the reverse pierced for hanging
21¼ in. (54 cm.) diameter