A rare French faïence moulded dish attributed to Bernard Palissy c.1580-1600, moulded with mask heads surmounted with floral diadems between foliate scrolls and around a central rosette, raised on a circular foot, the underside decorated in a mottled glaze, 23.5cm. Cf. Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, The Workmanship of Bernard Palissy of the Sixteenth Century, title plate for an identical dish in Dibdin's collection. See also, Ashmolean Museum, Accession No. WA1978.158 for an identical plate bequeathed by Gerald Reitlinger. Provenance: from the collection of Hector Binney, Pampisford Hall, Cambridge.
A rare French faïence moulded dish attributed to Bernard Palissy c.1580-1600, moulded with mask heads surmounted with floral diadems between foliate scrolls and around a central rosette, raised on a circular foot, the underside decorated in a mottled glaze, 23.5cm. Cf. Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, The Workmanship of Bernard Palissy of the Sixteenth Century, title plate for an identical dish in Dibdin's collection. See also, Ashmolean Museum, Accession No. WA1978.158 for an identical plate bequeathed by Gerald Reitlinger. Provenance: from the collection of Hector Binney, Pampisford Hall, Cambridge.
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