"Palissy Style - French Majolica Figural “trompe-l’oeil” By Victor Barbizet (1808-1884)"
Majolica trompe-l’oeil oval dish (circa 1865) by Victor Barbizet. Molded and applied with a cluster of three fish, among shells and leafy fronds, a snake, a lizard and insects at the rim, measurement 14 ½ x 9 ½ inches (circa 1865)
Cf. See “Palissy Ware” Nineteenth-century French ceramists from Avisseau to Renoleau, Marshall P. Katz page 128