Box CFC Tableware Box 4
Contains 30 Results:
Staffordshire Plate "The Lion, the Bear, & the Fox.", 1835
Here is a lovely presentation in green of the fable in which the lion and bear wear each other out in struggling over the carcass of a deer. Exhausted, the two need to lie and watch as a fox carries away the prey that they have fought over. The verso has clear markings of "Spode" and the quoted titles above.
Two Service de Poupee Plates, 1925
Dulevo Russian FS Plate, 1980
The design on this lovely plate with gold rim and four mushroom designs stresses the stork's long neck. The fox has apron and ladle worthy of a cook. The dish is laid out in the middle of the forest on a lovely blanket. It is curious that the design stresses the first of the two acts in this play.
The Rabbit, The Weasel, and The Cat Plate
"Le Renard et les Raisins" Sarreguemines brown plate, 1930
This is a rather unusual presentation of FG, since the fox is put into the mdist of a crowd. His gestures show dismissiveness. He wears a vest and a cap. Are those dogs and chickens that move away from him, perhaps suspecting his dishonesty?