Round dish with lobster and shells

Thomas-Victor Sergent French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 530

Thomas-Victor Sergent trained as a ceramicist under his father-in-law Victor Barbizet, a Parisian artisan who specialized in pieces inspired by Bernard Palissy. In this circular dish, Sergent deviates from Barbizet’s simpler format of a fish on a platter, choosing instead to encrust the entire surface of the delicately painted dish with cockles and mollusks, along with a camouflaged lobster hidden in the center.

Round dish with lobster and shells, Thomas-Victor Sergent (French, ca. 1830–ca.1890), Glazed earthenware with applied decoration, French

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Round dish with lobster and shells, Thomas-Victor Sergent (French, ca. 1830–ca.1890), Glazed earthenware with applied decoration, French
Round dish with lobster and shells, Thomas-Victor Sergent (French, ca. 1830–ca.1890), Glazed earthenware with applied decoration, French
Round dish with lobster and shells, Thomas-Victor Sergent (French, ca. 1830–ca.1890), Glazed earthenware with applied decoration, French

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