Joseph Landais Furniture

Portuguese palissy plate or charger with green grasses, coiled snake, grubs, lizard and butterfly. Signed: Jose A. Cunha, Caldas, Rainha, Portugal.

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

Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha) with snake, worm, caterpillar, butterfly, frog.

Portugese Caldas da Rainha Palissy lobster wall plaque plate, circa 1950s. Decorated with mussels, shells and seaweed. Beautiful condition for thi...

Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950. Large fishes, lobster, seaweeds, shells. From Provence. Measures: Length / 22.5 inches on 10 inches, height / 3.5 i...

Vintage Portuguese palissy style majolica plate depicting a lobster on deep green with mussels, shells and seaweed. Caldas Da Rainha. Ready for hanging.

Large oval Majolica Palissy crab and fish wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950 Large crab in relief, fish’s, shells and seaweeds.    

Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, seaweeds, lemon, starfish. Nautical style. Measure: 11" diameter.  

Exceptional Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century: Young mother in elaborate Rococo house dress: Ruched wide long skirt, bodice, fitted frilled coat with hood, the upswept hair covered by a high voluminous bonnet with ruched hem and bows, sitting on a splendid Louis XVI style bench and placing her right foot on a stool, beside her the happy spouse in frock coat, waistcoat over frilled shirt and knee breeches with white stockings, both embracing each other at the back and looking down at the baby wrapped in cloth and lying half naked on a cushion on both their laps, the father guiding his right hand to the mother's chin in an affectionate gesture. Behind them a little boy in a playsuit and hat, holding a bowl and blowing soap bubbles with a tube. The group is based on an oval natural base with sculpted flowers and foliage and gold heightened lateral frieze decoration. Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage. Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799) Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...

Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, starfish, seaweeds, garlic. Nautical style.  

Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, seaweeds and shells. Nautical style. Measure: 9.3" diameter.     

A wonderful antique Palissy majolica plate with a large lobster and other crustaceans. Anterior rim pierced for hanging. Circa 1920.