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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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