A FRENCH (ALFRED RENOLEAU) PALISSY-STYLE FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL PLAQUE
A FRENCH (ALFRED RENOLEAU) PALISSY-STYLE FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL PLAQUE

CIRCA 1890, IMPRESSED POLAKOWSKI & CIE, ROUMAZIÈRES (CH) MARK

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A FRENCH (ALFRED RENOLEAU) PALISSY-STYLE FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL PLAQUE
CIRCA 1890, IMPRESSED POLAKOWSKI & CIE, ROUMAZIÈRES (CH) MARK
Naturalistically modeled as lobster, a fish and a shell on a lilypad
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) long

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For a similar example see Katz & Lehr, Palissy Ware: Nineteenth Century French Ceramics From Avisseau to Renoleau, London, 1996, p. 170, fig. 224.

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