Round dish with moss and fish

1860–93

Not on view

Despite of widespread social unrest and political instability for much of the nineteenth-century in Portugal, a number of ceramics factories appeared in the Calda da Rainhas area, which produced works inspired by Bernard Palissy. In 1860, José Francisco de Sousa purchased a factory from another ceramicist and began making decorative plates, which often featured lobsters, fish, and moss. In this example, a dish of fish and an eel have been placed on a bed of moss.

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Title: Round dish with moss and fish
Maker: José Francisco de Sousa (Portuguese, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, active 1860–1893)
Date: 1860–93
Culture: Portugal, Caldas de Rainha
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: irregular diameter, confirmed: 4 7/16 × 14 1/8 in. (11.3 × 35.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Wallis Katz, in memory of Marshall Katz, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th anniversary, 2020
Object Number: 2020.86.21
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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