A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL WALL PLAQUE

CIRCA 1877 - 1886, INCISED M.(ANSLE) F.(ALDER) DEPOSI A PSEUDONYM FOR ALFRED RENOLEAU

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL WALL PLAQUE
Circa 1877 - 1886, incised M.(ansle) F.(alder) Deposi a pseudonym for Alfred Renoleau
Naturalistically moulded and applied with a large lobster, a fish, a frog and cockle shell, the cartouche-shaped back plate pierced for hanging
16½ in. (42cm.) high

Lot Essay

See The Charles and Susan Murphy Collection, Christie's, New York, 20-21 January 2004, lot 907 for a similarly shaped plaque.

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