Rare Antique Signed Jose A Cunha Palissy Majolica Plate Snake Lizard Beetle mugs while the remaining smaller cup

while the remaining smaller cup is about 2 1/8 inches

These plates are signed on the underside for Royal Bayreuth of Bavaria

The height to the top of the inkwell on the tray is about 3 1/2 inches

The spoons are marked on the reverse with Gorham’s old company hallmarks

about 200 years old or older

Rare Antique Signed Jose A Cunha Palissy Majolica Plate Snake Lizard Beetle mugs while the remaining smaller cupPresented is a superb quality signed Portuguese Majolica Palissy plate with a lush rainforest scene. The plate is very intricately done with full figural animals and insects on the surface surrounded by foliage, like a panoramic sculpture. The central figures are a colorful lizard facing off with a snake from inside its burrow, with various butterflies, beetles, and caterpillars surrounding. The colors are very rich and eye catching, and the plants,