LARGE OVAL GLazed TERRA PLAT FROM THE MID-19th CENTURY By Jean-Charles Avisseau (1796-1861), in the style of Bernard Palissy Decorated in relief with turtle, crayfish, snakes, frogs, pike, lizard, insects, shells, snail, ferns and foliage on a marbled ground, on the rim a coat of arms in shields supported by lion and griffon standing under a baron's crown above a motto and the date 1851, monogrammed AV and signed AVISSEAU on the rim, the reverse with a jaspered ground; small chips. Size: 51 x 42 cm (20 x 16 ½ in.) An oval-shaped glazed earthenware dish, by Jean-Charles Avisseau, in the style of Bernard Palissy, mid-19th century