José Alves Cunha Wall Decorations

19th century English transfer ware platter in the highly collectible "Blue Willow" pattern. This platter is from the Staffordshire region of England, where...

19th Century Palissy crabs wall platter signed Alfred Renoleau dated 1891-1894. The crabs are in high relief on a green seaweeds background. Reference/Pag...

Rare small Palissy platter with a fish, lizard, butterfly, ivy leaves attributed to Thomas Sergent.

Small Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, seaweeds,starfish. Nautical style. Diameter / 7.5 by 6"  

19th Century Unusual Large French Palissy plaque. Fishs on a basket background. The platter need to be included in a frame as it's a plaque. Possibly Choisy Le Roi. Diameter / 15.3 i...

A bronze square wall plaque, made with 49 pieces with rectangular, square and circular motifs.

Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940. Signed Gaeiras Obidos.

Palissy footed platter on a blue brown mottled background with a large lizard on the centre, on the platter severals white shells and different leaves a...

Rare 19th century porcelain Palissy platter with fishs, eel, shells , crawfish and ivy leaves.

Rare small Palissy platter with frog, shells, butterfly and plants, circa 1880 signed Thomas Sergent.

French Napoleon III majolica slip aperitive or dessert set by Jerome MASSIER, Vallauris, France, end of 19th century. 6 (2x3) plates : anemone, pansy and daisy - Diameter : 7.5"(19cm). 1 platter with the three same flowers - Height : 3"(7.5cm), Diameter : 13"(33cm). Platter and plates (except one) are intaglio stamped. "J.Massier Vallauris" (platter), "Jerome Massier Vallauris" (4 plates) "Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris AM" (1 plate). Excellent original condition (an original crack in the firing on a plate, see last photo). The Massiers’ work represents a link between traditional Victorian majolica and Art Nouveau pottery. There were three Massiers working in the second half of the nineteenth century, heirs to an old line of potters, who transformed traditional utilitarian ceramics into an art form. Their ancestors had worked for several centuries in Vallauris on the French Riviera, where, in the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso was reigning ceramic artist. Delphin Massier (1836 - 1907), and Clément (1845 -1917) were brothers. A cousin, Jérome (1850 – 1916) worked with them, using the signature « Jérome Massier fils ». By 1899 the family firm was divided into branches headed by these three men. In 1860 the Massiers began to produce their vibrantly colored majolica, perhaps inspired by the flowers of the Cote d’Azur. Clément was particularly interested in designs drawn from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as from Renaissance maiolica...

19th century Majolica Palissy lizard oval wall platter signed Alfred Renoleau. 2 lizards, shells and frog.