Palissy Ware Trompe l'Oeil Oval Platter, Signed Longchamp, French, Ca. 1875

Description

Longchamp Large Oval Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Platter, with molded and applied fish, two langoustines, and two naturalistically molded and … more Longchamp Large Oval Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Platter, with molded and applied fish, two langoustines, and two naturalistically molded and glazed frogs, a green-glazed lizard, and a large snake to the center, with shells throughout, on green-glazed leaves and water, the reverse with impressed maker's mark, 'LONGCHAMP,' French, ca. 1875.

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Book reference:
Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, PALISSY WARE: 19th CENTURY FRENCH CERAMISTS From Avisseau to Renoleau. London: The Athelone Press, 1996, p. 150, FIGURES 200 and 201. less