Palissy ware

English thumb|16th c. Palissy ware Etymology en French potter Bernard Palissy c. 1510 1590 =, used by Mintons to describe their 19th century version of majolica inspired by Palissy. Noun - Ceramics produced in the style of the famous French potter Bernard Palissy, characterized by three-dimensional modelled animals, often aquatic creatures such as snakes, fish, lizards, frogs and snails, arranged on large platters. en rustic ware en majolica ceramic glaze from 19th c. en 1876 G. Phillips Bevan British manufacturing industries 42 https://archive.org/details/britishmanufact08goog/page/n56/mode/2up?q=palissy The name of majolica is now applied indiscriminately to all fancy articles of coloured pottery. When, however, it is decorated by means of coloured glazes, if these are transparent, it ought to be called Palissy ware, from the name of the great artist who used these for his beautiful works. en Ceramics