This distinctive deep blue glazed oval dish is from the early 17th-century and is a piece of Palissy ware.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
July 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This distinctive deep blue glazed oval dish is from the early 17th-century and is a piece of Palissy ware.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
Aquatic platter with creatures cast from life by eccentric ceramicist/naturalist Bernard Palissy. Today is his day.
May 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Aquatic platter with creatures cast from life by eccentric ceramicist/naturalist Bernard Palissy. Today is his day.
This distinctive deep blue glazed oval dish is from the early 17th-century & is a piece of Palissy ware.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
🐚 Palissy ware dish, 1601–1630. AN1685.B.584
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
🐚 Palissy ware dish, 1601–1630. AN1685.B.584
July 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This distinctive deep blue glazed oval dish is from the early 17th-century & is a piece of Palissy ware.
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
🐚 Palissy ware dish, 1601–1630. AN1685.B.584
The term Palissy ware describes ceramics produced in the style of famous French potter, Bernard Palissy who referred to his own work as ‘rustique’.
🐚 Palissy ware dish, 1601–1630. AN1685.B.584
Bernard Palissy prepares to fire a new creation. No small animals have died to make this one! And everybody is amazed.
May 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Bernard Palissy prepares to fire a new creation. No small animals have died to make this one! And everybody is amazed.
Platter with snakes, lizards, frogs, fish, turtle & more, all cast from real specimens by slightly fanatic French renaissance ceramicist Bernard Palissy. It’s his day today.
May 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Platter with snakes, lizards, frogs, fish, turtle & more, all cast from real specimens by slightly fanatic French renaissance ceramicist Bernard Palissy. It’s his day today.
Pilgrim flask with self-entwined snake among the shells, by Bernard Palissy. Today is his day.
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pilgrim flask with self-entwined snake among the shells, by Bernard Palissy. Today is his day.
Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Bernard Palissy. Somewhat fanatic ceramicist, naturalist, Protestant. Died in the Bastille. But not for animal cruelty, although these works were made using casts from life.
May 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Bernard Palissy. Somewhat fanatic ceramicist, naturalist, Protestant. Died in the Bastille. But not for animal cruelty, although these works were made using casts from life.
A sandy beach. A sandy island. Fish swim in currents of the stream. A whole semi-aquatic world envisioned by Bernard Palissy, whose day is today.
May 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A sandy beach. A sandy island. Fish swim in currents of the stream. A whole semi-aquatic world envisioned by Bernard Palissy, whose day is today.
Violent serpent-to-snake encounter on a plate, an odd production from the imagination of Bernard Palissy, Protestant ceramicist and animal killer. Today is his day.
May 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Violent serpent-to-snake encounter on a plate, an odd production from the imagination of Bernard Palissy, Protestant ceramicist and animal killer. Today is his day.
2/2 Lizard, cast from real (presumably dead!) specimen by ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
May 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
2/2 Lizard, cast from real (presumably dead!) specimen by ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
Statue of Bernard Palissy by Charles Levy and Theodore Deck. Rest assured, it was not cast from life!
May 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Statue of Bernard Palissy by Charles Levy and Theodore Deck. Rest assured, it was not cast from life!
2/2 Lizard, cast from real (presumably dead!) specimen by ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
May 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
2/2 Lizard, cast from real (presumably dead!) specimen by ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
3/3 Butterfly, nonsensically among the sea shells, from Bernard Palissy.
May 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
3/3 Butterfly, nonsensically among the sea shells, from Bernard Palissy.
2/2 Another statue of Bernard Palissy, in two versions, this one by Louis-Ernest Barrias. Palissy seems to have inspired a lot of sculpture. But NONE were cast from life.
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
2/2 Another statue of Bernard Palissy, in two versions, this one by Louis-Ernest Barrias. Palissy seems to have inspired a lot of sculpture. But NONE were cast from life.
Various aquatic creatures on a platter, plus for some reason a butterfly, from the studio of French ceramicist Bernard Palissy. Died in the Bastille! His day has been today.
May 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Various aquatic creatures on a platter, plus for some reason a butterfly, from the studio of French ceramicist Bernard Palissy. Died in the Bastille! His day has been today.
Violent serpent-to-snake encounter on a plate, an odd production from the imagination of Bernard Palissy, Protestant ceramicist and animal killer. Today is his day.
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Violent serpent-to-snake encounter on a plate, an odd production from the imagination of Bernard Palissy, Protestant ceramicist and animal killer. Today is his day.
2/2 Snake (cast from a real specimen) coiled neatly in the middle of a round dish by renaissance ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
May 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
2/2 Snake (cast from a real specimen) coiled neatly in the middle of a round dish by renaissance ceramicist Bernard Palissy.
Bernard Palissy prepares to fire a new creation. No small animals have died to make this one! And everybody is amazed.
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bernard Palissy prepares to fire a new creation. No small animals have died to make this one! And everybody is amazed.
44. 1550 ovalware platter by bernard palissy, 1550. (french.)
July 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
44. 1550 ovalware platter by bernard palissy, 1550. (french.)
2/2 One more wild platter covered with life-cast animals by Bernard Palissy, eccentric but brilliant French ceramicist.
May 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
2/2 One more wild platter covered with life-cast animals by Bernard Palissy, eccentric but brilliant French ceramicist.
Oval rusticware platter w/ variety of life-cast fauna -- fish, lizards, & a couple of frogs. Made in 1550 by French ceramicist Bernard Palissy, who died in the Bastille but for Protestantism NOT for animal cruelty.
May 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Oval rusticware platter w/ variety of life-cast fauna -- fish, lizards, & a couple of frogs. Made in 1550 by French ceramicist Bernard Palissy, who died in the Bastille but for Protestantism NOT for animal cruelty.
Rusticware ceramic pitcher with crayfish handle & frog spout, using life-casting for those animals. Amazing piece of reality-fantasy by Bernard Palissy, whose day is today.
May 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Rusticware ceramic pitcher with crayfish handle & frog spout, using life-casting for those animals. Amazing piece of reality-fantasy by Bernard Palissy, whose day is today.
Oval rusticware platter w/ variety of life-cast fauna -- fish, lizards, & a couple of frogs. Made in 1550 by French ceramicist Bernard Palissy, who died in the Bastille but for Protestantism NOT for animal cruelty.
May 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oval rusticware platter w/ variety of life-cast fauna -- fish, lizards, & a couple of frogs. Made in 1550 by French ceramicist Bernard Palissy, who died in the Bastille but for Protestantism NOT for animal cruelty.
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA has an entire wall of 19th c. Palissy Ware...
“This menagerie [was] made in the late 1800s, but were a direct tribute to the ‘rustic-ware’ platters made by sixteenth-century naturalist/artist Bernard Palissy (French, 1510-1590).”
“This menagerie [was] made in the late 1800s, but were a direct tribute to the ‘rustic-ware’ platters made by sixteenth-century naturalist/artist Bernard Palissy (French, 1510-1590).”
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA has an entire wall of 19th c. Palissy Ware...
“This menagerie [was] made in the late 1800s, but were a direct tribute to the ‘rustic-ware’ platters made by sixteenth-century naturalist/artist Bernard Palissy (French, 1510-1590).”
“This menagerie [was] made in the late 1800s, but were a direct tribute to the ‘rustic-ware’ platters made by sixteenth-century naturalist/artist Bernard Palissy (French, 1510-1590).”
Today's artist wout a (known) birthday: Bernard Palissy. Somewhat fanatic ceramicist, naturalist, Protestant. Died in the Bastille. But not for animal cruelty, although these works were made using casts from live creatures.
May 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today's artist wout a (known) birthday: Bernard Palissy. Somewhat fanatic ceramicist, naturalist, Protestant. Died in the Bastille. But not for animal cruelty, although these works were made using casts from live creatures.