TWO FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL SHAPED-OVAL PLATTERS
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TWO FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL SHAPED-OVAL PLATTERS

CIRCA 1891-1895, ONE WITH A TOWER AND ANGOULÊME MARK, BOTH ATTRIBUTED TO ALFRED RENOLEAU

Fermé15 April 2011

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TWO FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL SHAPED-OVAL PLATTERS
CIRCA 1891-1895, ONE WITH A TOWER AND ANGOULÊME MARK, BOTH ATTRIBUTED TO ALFRED RENOLEAU
One applied in high-relief with two crabs, a clam and a snail; the other with a large spider crab and two shells, resting on a bed of seaweed, the reverse twice pierced
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) and 18½ in. (45.7 cm.) wide (2)

Note du spécialiste

For a similar double crab example see M. Katz and R. Lehr, Palissy Ware, London, 1996, p. 179, fig. 241. Also compare the signed example from the Collection 'Fenouil', Biot, Christie's, New York, 23 April 2004, lot 331. Alfred Renoleau is known to have moved to Angoulême in 1891.