Large Palissy Ware Majolica Platter by Alfred Renoleau, French, circa 1885
Large Palissy Ware Majolica Platter by Alfred Renoleau, French, circa 1885
Large Plalissy ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Platter by Alfred Renoleau (French 1854-1930), circa 1885. Naturalistically molded and applied with a large fish and eel to the center, a lobster, and various smaller fish to the rim, with mussels and shells, on a light blue glazed simulated seafloor, the reverse with impressed signature 'A Renoleau, Angoulême'. As Marshall Katz states, "He was among the most gifted and productive ceramists in the 19th century French Palissy movement."
Measures: Width 17 inches.
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Book reference: Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, "Palissy Ware: 19th-century French Ceramists from Avisseau to Renoleau." London: The Athlone Press, 1996, p. 173. For the chapter on Alfred Renoleau with numerous photos, see pp. 169-179.
