CUNHA CALDAS PALISSY MAJOLICA WALL PLATE-LIZARD & SNAKE

A fine Majolica wall plate in the Palissy style made by Jose Cunha in Caldas de Rainha, Portugal at the end of the 19th Century.

 It is decorated with a snake attacking a large lizard, surrounded by two smaller lizards, a large bug, a stag beetle and a moth, all on a traditional ground of green sieved clay moss.

There is a brown mottled glaze on the underneath rim with two pierced hanging holes in the foot.

It has a diameter of 25cm (9.75")

It is in very good condition for this type of majolica with just a few small losses - see photos - the tip of the snake's tail, the tip of the tail of one small lizard and the end of its rear left leg and the front edge of the moth's right wing. There are no cracks nor restoration. There are some tiny moss losses and some which seem such but are in fact some emulsion paint spots left by a previous owner.

There is an oval impressed Jose Cunha mark to the base and some incised initials.

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