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A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, Bird's Nest and Snake, School of Paris, 1880

$3,685
£2,798.11
€3,199.85
CA$5,148.48
A$5,726.23
CHF 2,990.06
MX$69,682.16
NOK 38,187.64
SEK 35,813.27
DKK 23,881.67
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About the Item

A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, modelled as a rectangular rustic wooden trough with simulated wooden staves and branches, with ferns and green-glazed foliage, bullrushes, and toadstools on a mossy rockwork base, surmounted by a bird's nest of extruded clay and naturalistically glazed, and three white-speckled eggs, a naturalistically molded and glazed snake ready to devour them, School of Paris, ca. 1880.
  • Attributed to:
    Thomas Sargent (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
  • Style:
    Victorian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Majolica,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1880
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Professional 'invisible' restoration to chips on the central high-point leaf, done to the highest standards. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Banner Elk, NC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: WIN-ymMOEE1stDibs: LU1302235223952

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