One colored FS plate · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: One colored FS plate
Description: 1880? One colored FS plate. 10¼" in diameter. Slightly scalloped rim. "Ye Stork Inviteth ye Fox to Dinner." £9 from Franklin Giles, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK, through eBay, Sept., '11.

The lively and beautifully colored picture spreads across the center of the plate onto its rim. Print outlines the illustration to the upper right. A floral branch circles the rest of the plate. The artist's moment here is the revenge moment: the stork gets back at the fox by offering food only he can reach. There are several small chips around the edges. The trademark seal on the back is joined by a lovely image from the fable world: two pots sailing on a river. The "Rd" of the trademark is here surrounded, clockwise from the top, by 12, Y, W, and 12, with IV over the whole mark.
Date: 1880?
Source: £9 from Franklin Giles, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK, through eBay, Sept., '11.
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