Bernard Palissy (1499 - 1590) was a French artist,
potter, scientist, geologist, surveyor, lecturer, and
philosopher. In 1538 he began a 16 year quest for a
means of making ceramic pottery of the same quality as
glazed Chinese porcelain. In doing so, he developed
new techniques for producing enamels and colors in
ceramics. His beautiful products were in high demand,
and he was appointed in 1565 as "Inventor of Rustic
Pottery to the King and the Queen Mother" which
enabled him to work in Paris. Many of his items
eventually came to the Louvre Museum in Paris. In 1862
Messr De Sauzay, the curator of the Louvre,
commissioned a 21 x 15 inch print folio of Palissy's
works, as well as some of his imitators. This
screensaver, Antique Ceramics of Palissy - Widescreen
Screensaver, presents 40 widescreen images from this
rare book entitled : Monograph of the Work of Bernard
Palissy: Followed by a Choice of his Followers or
Imitators - Designed by Delange and Carle C. Borneman,
and Accompanied by Text by M. Sauzay and Henry Delange.

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