16th c. Bernard Palissy Ceramic Dish with 6 Faces

Ceramic

-

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

16th c. Bernard Palissy Ceramic Dish with 6 Faces

Entry/Object ID

HM-886

Description

French 16th c. decorative plate by Bernard Palissy; 6-sided representing in faces and nature colors; sun, moon and 4 seasons. Glazed ceramic. Bernard Palissy was a protégé of Catherine de Medici but died in the Bastille because he was a Huguenot. Another piece by him is at the MET.

Acquisition

Accession

886

Made/Created

Place

Location

France

Notes

Date: ca. 16th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Decorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knickknack

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Decorative Furnishings

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

General Notes

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (36)

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 016