Rusticware that reflects the period's fascination with exploring the natural world

"It reminds me of extraordinary vacations spent by the seashore."

"It reminds me of extraordinary vacations spent by the seashore."

Curator Yassana Croizat-Glazer on an ornate pilgrim flask by Bernard Palissy.

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Pilgrim Flask, Bernard Palissy and workshop French, Earthenware with colorless and transparent or opaque pigmented green, purple, blue, yellow, red-brown, and black lead glazes.
Bernard Palissy
probably 1556–67