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| Keywords: Workshop of Bernard Palissy - Ornamental Platter with Pond Life - Walters 481345.jpg Palissy is known as a potter for such oval dishes transformed into tiny ponds complete with vegetation fish and creatures from the water's edge To make his ceramic ponds as lifelike as possible he made molds from actual shells frogs lizards fish and other creatures to create life-like models He developed new techniques for more subtle tones and life-like coloring The ingenuity of these imitations of nature was greatly appreciated in court circles; one of his patrons was the French queen Catherine de Medici In his desire to find better clays for pottery and invent more vibrant glazes he began digging in the earth which led him to the study of nature's secrets concerning minerals the flow of water and fossils about which he made important discoveries between 1560 1580 Renaissance earthenware with lead glaze W 15 3/4 x L 19 11/16 in 40 x 50 cm accession number 48 1345 12224 Dean Garnier label on back William Boare date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale November 1 1879 Jacques Seligmann Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Works by Bernard Palissy Platters Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Elliptical plates | ||||
