Large Majolica Palissy Ware Plaque by Victor Benizet (French 1805--1875) with lobsters, snake, lizards, insects, snails, and various shells, and a single Egyptian Scarab (a trademark of V. Benizet), on simulated water and sea floor, with various green glazed plants, the ground glazed in cobalt blue. Measure: 17ins. Victor Benizet is credited with founding the School of Paris in 1851, establishing a workshop in Paris which would later include followers, such luminaries as Thomas-Victor Sergent, Georges Pull, and Francois Maurice*
Measurements: W-17 x D-13 x H-3 inches
For over 28 years we have been among the world's preeminent specialists in fine antique Majolica.
Book Reference: *Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, "Palissy Ware: Nineteenth-Century French Ceramists From Avisseau to Renoleau." London: The Athelone Press, 1996, pp. 122-129.
Large Majolica Palissy Ware Plaque by Victor Benizet (French 1805--1875) with lobsters, snake, lizards, insects, snails, and various shells, and a single Egyptian Scarab (a trademark of V. Benizet), on simulated water and sea floor, with various green glazed plants, the ground glazed in cobalt blue. Measure: 17ins. Victor Benizet is credited with founding the School of Paris in 1851, establishing a workshop in Paris which would later include followers, such luminaries as Thomas-Victor Sergent, Georges Pull, and Francois Maurice*
Measurements: W-17 x D-13 x H-3 inches
For over 28 years we have been among the world's preeminent specialists in fine antique Majolica.
Book Reference: *Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, "Palissy Ware: Nineteenth-Century French Ceramists From Avisseau to Renoleau." London: The Athelone Press, 1996, pp. 122-129.
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