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Browse the individual ceramic works represented in the Bestiaire. Each record brings together object details, artist and maker information, animal classification, geographic context, and related works.

La Tortue: Tortoise Foot-Warmer

Pierre Roche for Émile Muller & Cie · c. 1915

TURTLES & TORTOISES Île-de-France

Batrachian Chimera

Jean-Désiré Ringel d’Illzach for Elchinger et Fils · 1905

FANTASTICAL CREATURES Grand Est

Bats & Moon Lantern-Form Vase

Edmond Lachenal · c. 1893–95

BATS Île-de-France

Bats & Pine Needles Vase

Clément Massier for La Poterie du Golfe-Juan · c. 1900

BATS Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Crab & Bivalves Wall Platter

Alfred Renoleau for Renoleau, Goras & Cie · c. 1892–1895

CRUSTACEANS SHELL-BEARING MOLLUSKS Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Crab & Jellyfish Cachepot

Johanne Hänschell for Royal Copenhagen · 1907

CRUSTACEANS JELLYFISH & MEDUSAE Denmark

Crescent Moon & Moths Wall Pocket

Émile Gallé · c. 1879–1889

INSECTS Grand Est [Lorraine]

Frog & Lizard Pumpkin Vessel

Prud’homme and Paul Jeanneney · c. 1900–1902

FROGS & TOADS LIZARDS & SALAMANDERS Bourgogne–Franche-Comté

Frog King Figural Centerpiece

Franz Metzner for KPM Berlin · 1899

FROGS & TOADS Germany

Four-Frog Handled Vase

Horace Bieuville for Manufacture nationale de Sèvres · 1897

FROGS & TOADS Île-de-France

Jellyfish-Like Creature Cachepot

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer for Clément Massier · c. 1890–1895

JELLYFISH & MEDUSAE Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Jeweled Spider & Spiderweb Vase

Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel (“Amphora”) · c. 1904–1905

ARACHNIDS Czechia

Koi & Waves Charger

Albert-Louis Dammouse · c. 1900

FRESHWATER FISH Île-de-France

Mounted Peacocks Vase

Orion, Nuremberg, on a Zsolnay body · c. 1904–05

LAND & AERIAL BIRDS Germany Hungary

Octopus Tentacles Vase

Jean-Baptiste Gaziëllo · c. 1910

CEPHALOPODS Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Peacock Feather Plate

Auguste Delaherche · c. 1900

LAND & AERIAL BIRDS Hauts-de-France

Peacocks Vase

Galileo Chini for Fornaci San Lorenzo · c. 1906–1910

LAND & AERIAL BIRDS Italy

Sarah Bernhardt Fish & Shell Tureen

Edmond Lachenal · 1891

MARINE FISH SHELL-BEARING MOLLUSKS Île-de-France

Snail Vase

André Metthey · c. 1902–03

GASTROPODS Île-de-France

Snake Drinking from a Chanterelle Coupe

André de Manneville for A. Bigot et Cie · c. 1900

SNAKES Centre-Val de Loire

Spider & Spiderweb Vase

Voisin-Delacroix for Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat · 1892–1893

ARACHNIDS Île-de-France

Starfish & Coral Vase

Henri Laurent-Desrousseaux · c. 1900

ECHINODERMS CORAL Île-de-France