Palissy Ware

Platters decorated with realistic snakes and toads may give you the shivers, but they've been collector favorites for centuries and can sell for thousands of dollars. Strawser Auctions offered several pieces of 19th-century French Palissy-type ware that brought prices ranging from $605 to $8,250. All were decorated with three-dimensional snakes, lizards, and other slithery creatures. […]