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Description: | This unusual plate was made in Portugal in the late 19th century. It is known as a 'trompe l'oeil', literally meaning 'deceive the eye'. These were first made during the 16th century in France by a potter called Bernard Palissy, and were soon copied throughout Europe. This plate, modelled to look like a wooden board, is decorated with extremely lifelike models of foliage, shells and animals. From a distance they can deceive the viewer into thinking that they are real objects. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | animals art plants ceramics date period natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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