Antique Portuguese Pottery Palissy Style Majolica Lobster Wall Dish Plate, 1900 Redo A diminutive bureau bookcase In

A diminutive bureau bookcase In two parts

The case is signed internally and also with a chop mark to the exterior

The 19th Century American art collector James Jackson Jarves said of Francesco Vinea

the base marked "Thomas Corbett Shrewsbury Winner of 14 prizes"

Antique Portuguese Pottery Palissy Style Majolica Lobster Wall Dish Plate, 1900 Redo A diminutive bureau bookcase InA good antique Palissy Ware style Portuguese majolica wall plate, circa 1900. The plate decorated with a large lobster to the center resting on a textured ground and flanked by two sets of mussel shells. The plate having a a manganese glaze with shades of brown, blue, cream and pink, the rear of the plate with a cream glaze and pierced to allow the plate to be hung on the wall. Condition is excellent, no damage or restoration. 9" diameter X 2. 25"