Large Majolica Palissy snake & lizards wall plate - For Sale

Large Majolica Palissy snake & lizards wall plate
Price: $450.00
Circa 1890 Large Majolica Palissy wall plate with a lizard attacking a snake from within its burrow. A smaller lizard is sat above the burrow''s entrance. Moth and two worms molded to the edge on mottled brown ground. Mossy ground and leaves in the center. Mottled brown ground to reverse. Two hanging holes on the foot. Yellow glaze inside the foot along with three stilt marks and impressed maker''s mark ''M.MAFRA CALDAS PORTUGAL''. Fair. No hairlines. Three large, shallow chips to the foot. Many leaves missing from the front. Kiln effects: shrinkage crack inside the foot. Retouching to small lizard''s head. Retouching to chipped leaf edges. 15ins diameter

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Madelena Antiques
PO Box 2185
Wickford
England-SS11 9AB
United Kingdom
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Email : sales@madelena.com
Phone : 01245 425045 / +44 1245 425045

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