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Majolica Palissy Snake Vase Thomas Sergent, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Small Palissy trunk vase with a colored snake around the vase attributed to the School of Paris
Category

Antique 1880s French Rustic Vases

Materials

Majolica

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate. Plate focuses on large snake and
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

Oval Dish with Winged Putti, After Bernard Palissy, French, 17th Century
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Kensington, MD
French glazed earthenware bowl in the manner of Bernard Palissy. Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) was a
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century French Renaissance Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Portuguese Palissy Majolica Snake & Bird Wall Pocket
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall pocket which features a nesting bird, a snake and insects
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

French Palissy Majolica Crayfish, Snake & Lizard Platter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features a crayfish, snake, lizard, insects, shells and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Other Platters and Serveware

Materials

Majolica

Palissy Majolica Bowl Snake Spider Frog Caterpillar Butterfly Lizard
Located in Detroit, MI
This Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica plate features a snake, spider, frog, caterpillar
Category

19th Century Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Majolica, Glaze, Earthenware

Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet (attributed) French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Majolica

Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike), a snake, a
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

A George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase' with Snake Handle, English, ca. 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Highly Important George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase,' molded as an obovoid-form ewer, the rustic
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, Bird's Nest and Snake, School of Paris, 1880
By Thomas Sargent
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, modelled as a rectangular rustic wooden trough with simulated
Category

Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Large Snake and Frog Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate. with large snake trying to bite back of large
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

Portuguese Palissy Charger
By José da Cunha Taborda
Located in New York, NY
Small Portuguese Palissy plate or charger with green grasses, coiled snake and moths. Signed: Jose
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Ceramics

Portuguese Palissy Charger
Portuguese Palissy Charger
H 6.75 in Dm 6.75 in
Portuguese Palissy Charger
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in New York, NY
Large Portuguese palissy plate or charger with a long coiled snake, two lizards, three brown toads
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Platters and Serveware

Portuguese Palissy Charger
Portuguese Palissy Charger
H 1.5 in Dm 16.5 in
Palissy Majolica Octopus Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified French French Palissy Majolica plate which features an octopus, turtles, fish, frogs
Category

Antique 1880s Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

Barbizet Palissy Majolica Platter With Fish
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet (attributed) French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features a pike in the central
Category

Antique 1870s Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

Pair Thomas Sergent Palissy Majolica Candlesticks
By Thomas Sergent
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Thomas Sergent French Palissy Majolica candlesticks which feature blossom and leaves around
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Antique 1870s French Victorian Candlesticks

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Portuguese Mafra Palissy Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
19 Century Portuguese Palissy plate with large snake and multiple crocodiles, one turtle all
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Majolica Portuguese Palissy Charger #3
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Portuguese palissy plate or charger with green grasses, coiled snake, grubs, lizard and butterfly
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

Small 19th Century Majolica Palissy Fish Wall Platter
By Thomas Victor Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
French small Palissy platter with a fish,plants,shells,bugs,snake,butterfly attributed to Thomas
Category

Antique 1880s French Rustic Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
By Thomas Victor Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned. Naturalistic
Category

Antique 1880s French Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Portuguese Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica Palissy Portuguese wall platter signed Jose Alves Cunha, very unusual piece with a
Category

Antique 1880s Portuguese Late Victorian Platters and Serveware

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Majolica Portuguese Palissy Tobacco Jar Manuel Mafra
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in Austin, TX
Large Portuguese Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Manuel Mafra. This tobacco jar is decorated in
Category

Antique 1890s Portuguese Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Palissy Wall Fish Platter Choisy Le Roi
By Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful Palissy wall platter signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi, circa 1880. Decorated with
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Antique 1880s French Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

A Pair of Thomas Sargent Palissy Ware Majolica Candlesticks, French, ca. 1880
By Thomas Sargent
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Pair of Palissy Ware Majolica Candlesticks by Thomas-Victor Sargent, each formed as a stylized
Category

Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Oval Platter, Signed Longchamp, French, ca. 1875
By Longchamp
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Longchamp Large Oval Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Platter, with molded and applied fish, two
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Antique 1870s French Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Oval Platter, Signed Longchamp, French, ca. 1875
By Longchamp
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Longchamp Large Oval Palissy Ware Trompe L'oeil Platter, with molded and applied fish, two
Category

Antique 1870s French Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Thomas Sergent Palissy Trompe l’oeil Crustaceans School of Paris Wall Plaque
By Thomas Sergent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Thomas-Victor Sergent nature plate in the style of Palissy, School of Paris, circa. 1875-79
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Large French Majolica Bird and Snake Jardinière, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
front a bird with his nest, a snake looking on the nest with eggs. Palissy style, circa 1890. Measures
Category

Antique 1890s French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Pottery, Majolica

Palissy Style Plate with Snake Eating His Own Tail
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Natchez, MS
Palissy style plate with snake eating his own tail and other assorted creatures.
Category

Antique 19th Century European Pottery

19th Century A.Landais- French Palissy Ware with Snake
By Alexandre Landais
Located in Paris, FR
virtuosity. We find here the pattern resulting from the observation of the work of Palissy: an animal in the
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Antique 1880s French Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Palissy-Style Dish with Snake, Factory of Longchamp, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
This large decorative dish witnesses the Bernard Palissy’s legacy and originality of ceramists in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Portuguese Palissy Style Platter
Located in Natchez, MS
Portuguese Palissy style platter with snakes, snails and other "critters" and foliage.
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Ceramics

Portuguese Palissy Style Platter
Portuguese Palissy Style Platter
H 2 in W 16 in D 12 in
Rare Palissy Single Beetle
By Charles-Jean Avisseau
Located in Milton, DE
snakes and bugs . I have used several of these on a spring table for a a supper when the weather is
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Rare Palissy Single Beetle
Rare Palissy Single Beetle
H 2 in W 2.5 in D 4 in
Palissy Style Platter, 20th Century
Located in Natchez, MS
Portuguese Palissy style platter with requisite toads, snakes butterflies etc. Exceptional color
Category

20th Century Portuguese Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Palissy Style Platter, 20th Century
Palissy Style Platter, 20th Century
H 4 in W 22.5 in D 17.5 in
Portuguese Palissy Ware by Jose a Cunha
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An intriguing Portuguese palissy ware by Jose A Cunha from Caldas de Rainha, Portugal. Look closely
Category

Antique 19th Century Portuguese Decorative Objects

Rare Large Palissy Ware Charger with Naturalistic Decoration
By Charles-Jean Avisseau
Located in New York, NY
This rare large Palissy ware charger, depicting reptiles, amphibians and crustaceans, is attributed
Category

Antique 19th Century French Platters and Serveware

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Pair of Palissy Ware Portuguese Wall Plates by Jose A. Cunha
By José da Cunha Taborda
Located in Brisbane, Queensland
Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) by the noted maker Jose A. Cunha. Each plate features individual three
Category

Antique 1870s Portuguese Rustic Mounted Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Palissy-Style Dish with Red Mullet, Choisy-le-Roi, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
edges, we see shells, eels and water snakes. The result is full of realism, the humidity is perfectly
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vasque Aux Serpents, Manufacture Minton, Stoke-on-trent, Gottfried Semper
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Palissy's mark is to be found in the choice of decorative vocabulary: two snakes in relief. The reptiles are
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Antique Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and Ja...

Materials

Earthenware

Palissy Rectangular Snake Wall Plaque
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
French Palissy Majolica wall plaque which features a snake, frog, lizard and insects surrounded by
Category

Antique 1890s French Other Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

Palissy Rectangular Snake Wall Plaque
Palissy Rectangular Snake Wall Plaque
H 9.4 in W 11.8 in D 1.2 in
Late 19th Century Majolica Palissy Vase with Snake, Alligator Frog and Bee Decor
By Bernard Palissy
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th century French Majolica vase with stalactite, alligator, snake, frog, bee and leaf
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Antique French Ceramic Palissy Style Jardiniere, circa 1885
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Ross, CA
Antique French Palissy style jardiniere, hand-painted details include a bird protecting her nest of
Category

Antique 1880s French French Provincial Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Cunha Palissy Frog & Snake Wall Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a large, puffed-up frog (or toad
Category

Antique 1890s European Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

Mafra Palissy Majolica Snake & Reptiles Wall Plate
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mafra portuguese palissy majolica wall plate which features a snake, a small crocodile-like lizard
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Portuguese Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

Cuhna Palissy Majolica Lizard and Snake Plate
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a snake, a lizard in a burrow
Category

Antique 1890s Portuguese Other Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Majolica

French Palissy Majolica Jardiniere with Snake Handles
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
French Palissy Majolica footed jardiniere, which features branch handles with snakes coiled around
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardi...

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Palissy Majolica Snake & Lizard Charger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Palissy Majolica snake & lizard charger A extraordinary large example, The center
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Portuguese Aesthetic Movement Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Mafra Palissy Majolica Lizard & Snake Wall Plate
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mafra Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a lizard in a burrow, defending itself
Category

Antique 1890s Portuguese Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Majolica

Cunha Palissy Majolica Plate with Snake & Lizard
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Majolica wall plate which features a snake attacking a lizard. Surrounded by a moths
Category

Antique 1880s Animal Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Cuhna Palissy Majolica Lizard and Snake Plate
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Majolica wall plate which features a snake biting a lizards tail, as the lizard
Category

Antique 1890s Portuguese Victorian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Majolica

Rare 19th Century French Majolica Palissy Coiled Snake
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century Majolica Palissy Coiled Snake. 5.3 inches by 4 inches.
Category

Antique 1880s French Rustic Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Cunha Palissy Majolica Lizard, Snake and Insect Plate
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a snake attacking a lizard
Category

Antique 1890s Portuguese Other Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Majolica

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Palissy Snake For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic palissy snake available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, earthenware and majolica, every palissy snake was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect palissy snake — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each palissy snake bearing Victorian, Art Nouveau or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made palissy snake over the years, but those crafted by José Alves Cunha, Manuel Mafra and Thomas Victor Sergent are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Palissy Snake?

Prices for a palissy snake start at $550 and top out at $11,322 with the average selling for $1,902.