A cream-colored cake serving plate depicting The Lobster and her Mother. · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: A cream-colored cake serving plate depicting The Lobster and her Mother.
Description: 1890? A cream-colored cake serving plate 9¼" in diameter with a 6½" blue-and-white circular design at its center presenting "The Lobster and her Mother." 5½" high. The bottom of the dish has the "Brown, Westhead, Moore and Company Fables" logo and two other marks: either "6" or "9" and a red and blue mark.

A frog looks on as the mother supposedly shows her child how to walk straight. I am not sure what this fable might have to do with the serving of cake! Over half of the design on the top surface of this serving plate is open space, pond, and reeds. Around the base are two designs, apparently independent of each other: two birds on a branch and a rabbit.
Date: 1890?
Subject: The Lobster and her Mother See all items with this value
Creator: Brown-Westhead, Moore, and Co See all items with this value