Palissy Ware.

Dishes and other similar articles covered with models from nature of fish, reptiles, shells, flowers, and leaves, most carefully coloured and in high relief, like the wares of Della Robbia. Bernard Palissy was born at Saintes. (1510–1590.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Palermo Razors
Palēs
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina or Pelestrina
Paletot [pal-e-to]
Palimpsest
Palindrome
Palinode
Palinurus (in English, Palinure)
Palissy Ware
Pall
Pall-bearers
Pall Mall
Pallace
Palladium
Pallas
Pallet
Palliate
Palm
Palm Off (To)