Palissy

"Palissy ware" is a 19th c. term for ceramics produced in the rustic style of the French potter Bernard Palissy (c 1510-1590) Palissy's distinctive style of polychrome lead-glazed earthenware in an earth-toned palette, was imitated by other potters, especially in the 19th century. This distinctive style of pottery is characterized by three-dimensional modelled, often aquatic, animals such as snakes, fish, lizards, frogs and snails, arranged onto large platters.

• For your consideration, an Antique Palissy Majolica Amphibian Plaque, signed D. Mafra, Caldas Portugal. Victorian, c. 1890. This piece shows two full-bodied lizards along with a lizard emerging from i ...

  

  Antique Mafra Palissy Majolica Plaque, Lizards & Coiled Snake

• For your consideration, a round plaque of Portuguese Palissy Majolica, showing a Crocodile, Toad & a Beetle on a heavily applied Grass ground. In earthy tones of greens, browns & mustard yello ...

  

  Antique Palissy Majolica Plaque, Crocodile, Toad & Beetle

• SOLD For your consideration, an antique Majolica Portuguese Palissy Covered Sugar Bowl having the makers mark for Mafra, R.D. Caldas.  The bowl of the lidded sugar server is in the form of a head ...

  

  Antique Majolica Mafra Palissy Cabbage Leaf & Snake Covered Sugar Bowl, c.1890 – SOLD

• For your consideration, a small Antique Palissy Majolica Plaque in the form of  Trompe l’Oeil Black Chestnuts stacked on a green scallop edged plate. The border of the plate also shows an impress ...

  

  Antique Elias Palissy small Plaque,Chestnuts on Green Plate

• For your consideration, a small Antique Palissy Majolica Plaque in the form of six  Trompe l'Oeil Walnuts stacked on a green scallop edged plate. The border of the plate also shows an impressed patte ...

  

  Antique Palissy small Plaque, Walnuts on Green Plate

• For your consideration, an Antique French Palissy Majolica oval Plaque, showing a very dimensional Brown & Yellow Lobster sitting on a Cobalt Blue ground. c. 1890-1900. Great color & detail. P ...

  

  Antique French Palissy Lobster on Cobalt Blue Plaque

• For your consideration, an Antique Palissy style Majolica plaque by Jose Cunha , Caldas Rainna, Portugal, c. 1860-1885. A fantastic piece, typical of Cunha, showing Four Fish & a Green Eel on a mo ...

  

  Antique Palissy Majolica Jose Cunha Fish & Eel Plaque

• For your consideration, a French Majolica Choisy le Roi Palissy style Oval Fish Platter. Highly dimensional, excellent color & detail, measuring 16" X 10 1/2" X 2" deep. The two main fish & an ...

  

  Choisy Le Roi, French Majolica Palissy Lg. Oval Fish Platter

• For your consideration, a French Palissy, Choisy le Roi Majolica Oval Platter showing Four Fish in the Waves. A highly dimensional & textured piece in EXCELLENT condition. 11" X 7 1/2" with a piec ...

  

  French Palissy Choisy le Roi Majolica Fish on Waves Oval Platter

• SOLD     For your consideration, a wonderful, unusual & scarce Antique Portugeuse Palissy school Majolica Figural in the form of 2 Mice nibbling a loaf of bread on a woven baske ...

  

  Antique Palissy Figural, Basket w/ Mice Nibbling Bread – SOLD

• SOLD For your consideration, a wonderful Portugeuse Palissy school unglazed Biscuit Majolica oval plate. Nicely molded showing a central snake surrounded by a rim of frogs, fish & other small a ...

  

  Palissy Biscuit Snake Oval Plate – SOLD

• For your consideration, a Portuguese Majolica Palissy Ware Fish Plaque. Realistically & finely detailed in blue & white. With 2 hanging holes on the back. Excellent condition. Measuring 9" ...

  

  Antique Palissy Majolica Blue Fish Plaque

• For your consideration, a scarce Majolica PALISSY SMALL FISH PLAQUE, used as a desk weight. Unbelievable detail as we come to expect from the Palissy style. The muted colors are pond like browns, blu ...

  

  Antique Palissy Majolica Small Fish Desk Weight