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See Marshall Katz and Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, London, 1996, p. 80, fig. 65 for a similar larger example, signed Landais, Tours
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CIRCA 1880, SCHOOL OF TOURS, ATTRIBUTED TO LANDAIS
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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
Circa 1880, School of Tours, attributed to Landais
Moulded and applied with a central water snake, the border with a lizard, a crayfish, and two frogs among shells and foliage, the reverse pierced for hanging
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide
Circa 1880, School of Tours, attributed to Landais
Moulded and applied with a central water snake, the border with a lizard, a crayfish, and two frogs among shells and foliage, the reverse pierced for hanging
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide