Five Portuguese Palissy-Style Trompe l'oeil Dishes, Late 19th Century

Five Portuguese Palissy-Style Trompe l'oeil Dishes, Late 19th Century

applied with various amphibians and insects including lizards, snakes, beetles and butterflies, one with a large beetle and grasshopper, on a shredded moss ground, four with impressed lozenge mark for Jose A. Cunha, Portugal, Caldas Rainha, the smallest with impressed crowned mark for M. Mafra Caldas, Portugal

diameter of largest 9 7/8 in.
25.1 cm

Condition Report:
Overall the dishes present well in good appearance.
1 midsize dish restoration to extremities of insects
1 larger example with beetle on edge of dish restored, example with grasshopper, restoration to extremities, underside of dish sprayed.