A LARGE PORTUGUESE PALISSY STYLE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL WALL POCKET

CIRCA 1884-94, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM MARK FOR BORDALO PINHEIRO, IMPRESSED 1896

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A LARGE PORTUGUESE PALISSY STYLE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL WALL POCKET
CIRCA 1884-94, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM MARK FOR BORDALO PINHEIRO, IMPRESSED 1896
MOULDED AND APPLIED WITH FLAYED COD FISH, POTATOES AND ONIONS WITHIN A LEAFY BASKET TIED WITH FAUX STRING, A GARLIC BRAID FORMING THE HANDLE
19 IN. (48.2 CM.) WIDE

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FOR TWO SIMILAR EXAMPLES TITLED ALCOFA CARREGADA DE CEBOLAS E ALHOS AND ALFOCA COM DOIS PEIXES ESPADAS E LEGUMES, EM RELEVO EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEU MALHOA'S EXPO CALDA'S 77, SEE THE CATALOGUE, P. 179, PL. 506 AND 603. ALSO SEE MARSHALL P. KATZ, PORTUGUESE PALISSYWARE, NEW YORK, 1999, P. 100, PL. 138.

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