Set of 7 Hautin Boulenger of Choisy-le-Roi Plates

Title

Set of 7 Hautin Boulenger of Choisy-le-Roi Plates

Description

1910? Seven "talking plates" by Hautin Boulenger & Cie, in Choisy-le-Roi, France, featuring illustrations of fables of La Fontaine. 7¾" in diameter. €8 each from Jobey Antique Shop, Normandie, France, through Ebay, Oct., '20. Four further plates from artdelatable50 through Ebay for €46, Jan., '22.

The blue illustrations inside a black floral-animal circular frame on these crème colored plates are adventuresome "translations" of the fables into human situations and events. Some of the human scenes depicted here are hard for me to decipher. Is the dog's plight in DW that he lives in a spare room in the attic? Is the promenading wife in FG looking down on others she could have married? Has the hookah-smoker taken over a whole room in his host's house? Will the child bothering the "Lion" like a mosquito soon run into the police? Does the "stag" stepping off the curb into water misunderstand what is good and what is bad for him? Is there anything more to WL than an ugly attack on the street?

Source

€8 each from Jobey Antique Shop, Normandie, France, through Ebay, Oct., '20. Four further plates from artdelatable50 through Ebay for €46, Jan., '22.

Date

1910?

Subject

The Lion and the Mosquito See all items with this value

The Fox and the Bust See all items with this value

The Weasel in a Granary See all items with this value

The Dog and the Wolf See all items with this value

The Wolf and the Lamb See all items with this value

The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value

The Fox and the Grapes See all items with this value

The Bitch and the Companions See all items with this value

The Donkey and the Lapdog See all items with this value

The Stag at the Pool See all items with this value

The Fox and the Crow See all items with this value

Tableware See all items with this value

Plates See all items with this value

Hautin Boulenger of Choisy-le-Roi See all items with this value