A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER

THE FRONT SIGNED AND DATED WITH AN AR. MONOGRAM AND 94, THE REVERSE SIGNED IN SCRIPT ARENOLEAU F(AIT) 1894.

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A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
THE FRONT SIGNED AND DATED WITH AN AR. MONOGRAM AND 94, THE REVERSE SIGNED IN SCRIPT ARENOLEAU F(AIT) 1894.
The center molded and applied with a large lobster clutching a fish in his left claw, resting among seaweed on a mottled green and blue ground
37 in. (94 cm.) wide

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According to current scholarship, the present dish is a unique example of this size. By tradition and based on its massive size, this piece was likely exhibited by Renoleau in the late 19th century.

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