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A trompe l’oeil wall plaque showing a pink lobster or crayfish on a rustic cobalt blue and white platter, painted in the Rouen style. Signed LB, for Léon Brard, circa 1870 – 1880.
Red earthenware, glazed in creamy white with the blue pattern following a scalloped rim. In the oval center well, the dimensional crayfish is naturalistically modeled and painted.
In 1859, Brard opened a studio in Tours to work in the Palissy style. As a former painter of marine still life, he developed a distinct style, rather then imitate the ceramics of Bernard Palissy.
7.75″L x 6″W x 1.75″H
Book reference: ‘Palissy Ware’ by Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr
This piece has an old glued slivered area to the rim. Please view the photos carefully.
