Cunha Palissy Majolica Snake and Lizard Wall Plate

Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plaque which features a lizard on a grassy ground. Colouration: green, brown, white, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for ...

Augusto Baptista de Carvalho Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a snake, two frogs and a tortoise, surrounding a central well. Colouration: green, grey, brown, are...

French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features a crayfish, snake, lizard, insects, shells and leaves.

Unidentified French French Palissy Majolica plate which features an octopus, turtles, fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, fish and lilies. Colouration: blue...

Small Portuguese Majolica Palissy Platter signed Jose A. Cunha. With a snake , butterflies and worms. ( Caldas da Rainha, Portugal ) Diameter / 4.5 inches.

Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha) with snake, wo...

Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha)...

This Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica plate features a snake, spider, frog, caterpillar, and butterfly on green shredded clay ground. The piece bears the maker's marks for Jose A Cunha pottery. Palissy ware is a style of ceramics that is also known as rusticware due to their earth-toned palettes and naturalistic plant and animal scenes that are cast to it. The style was coined in reference to the 16th century French potter Bernard Palissy and experienced a significant revival in the 19th century thanks to Charles-Jean Avisseau. It's strongest revival however was in Portugal where it was produced by the potteries of Mafra, Jose A. Cunha, Alves, José Francisco de Sousa...