Transferware Plate "The Fox and the Grapes." · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Transferware Plate "The Fox and the Grapes."
Description: 1835 Transferware Plate "The Fox and the Grapes." 6¼" diameter. "Aesop's Fables." Copeland and Garrett. $50 from Alphabetiques, Montague, MA, through Ebay, Sept., '19

The artistry of the green illustration occupying the center of this small plate expresses the fable well. The fox is walking away but he is still looking back at the grapes. He has given up on them and, though he is bad-mouthing them, he would still want to have them. The verso includes "Copeland and Garrett Late Spode."
Date: 1835
Source: $50 from Alphabetiques, Montague, MA, through Ebay, Sept., '19
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