St. Honore-Les-Bains Palissy Ware Model of a Coiled Snake
Late 19th century
Naturalistically modeled with green, brown and fawn shaded scales, impressed mark, diameter 5 1/2 inches; Together with a French Palissy Style Miniature Trompe L'Oeil Model of a Salamander.
Possibly Geoffrey Luff, 20th century, naturalistically modeled and colored with curled tail, resting on a slab base, unmarked, width 1 1/2 inches.

Reference (St. Honoré-Les-Bains Palissy Ware Model of a Coiled Snake):
Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, p. 151, fig. 203, for a somewhat similar unmarked example attributed to Saint-Honoré-Les-Bains.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

Saint Honore-Les-Bains snake - presents well, clever professional restoration through neck and to a Y-shaped line on its head, and two further repairs cleanly through the upper and lower joins of one section of the coiled body; the miniature model - in very nice condition, with a firing line thru one leg (in the manufacture), both examined under blacklight

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