Charles-Jean AVISSEAU (1795-1861) : Oval dish with figulines decorated in trompe l'oeil with a snake, a frog, a lizard, a crayfish, a salamander on a background of ferns, oak leaves, ivy, aquatic plants, a snail and shells. In the style of Bernard Palissy. Signed Avisseau in Tours and monogrammed on the border. The reverse in blue, green and manganese. H: 4.5 - W: 47 - D: 40 cm (restorations, edges reattached, missing a figure in the centre)