295. Pair Antique Majolica Palissy Portuguese Charger by Jose A Cunha Lobster Seafood


A Superb Example of a Pair of Majolica Palissy Chargers of generous proportions (an impressive 9” in diameter) and of outstanding quality. First Quarter of the Twentieth Century.  

Made in Caldas Rainha, Portugal in manner of French Potter Bernard Palissy, by the noted maker Jose A Cunha. Features three dimensional modelled and features an applied central full-size Lobster surrounded with Mussels, Clams with Seaweed on Sand and Algae, all resting on a textured mossy green ground within a light brown outer rim. 

Condition: Superb condition with no losses anywhere, possibly never used. 

Base mark CALDAS RAINHA dated 1905. 

*Wonderful examples, perfect subjects to decorate a Seafood restaurant or other related areas. 

Measures Height: (overall as shown) 9” (22.5cm). Width: (overall as shown) 9” (22.5cm).  

Pair Eur.775.00. 

Location: Dublin City, Ireland. 

Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. 

Palissy ware is a 19th-century term for ceramics produced in the style of the famous French potter Bernard Palissy (1510–90), who referred to his own work in the familiar manner as rustique ("in the rustic style"). It is therefore also known as Rusticware. Palissy's distinctive style of polychrome lead-glazed earthenware in a sombre earth-toned palette, using naturalistic scenes of plants and animals cast from life, was much imitated by other potters both in his own lifetime and especially in the 19th century. In this revival, pottery in Palissy's style was produced by Charles-Jean Avisseau of Tours, who rediscovered Palissy's techniques in 1843, his relatives the Landais family of Tours, Georges Pull of Paris, Maurice, and Barbizet