renoleau-crab
Crab Wall Platter
Alfred Renoleau · c. 1891–95 · tin-glazed earthenware
Relief marine realism with a theatrical lighting profile: highlights skim the shell surfaces, then drop into velvet shadow. The platter reads as a wall work—taxonomy pinned to a tide field.
Provenance
Record designed to hold auction and museum references when attached; comparative relief works link into Echinoderms and Marine Fish rooms.