2012? Painted Mirror Showing DS. 12" in diameter. Creative work for a fable course at Creighton University by Laura Hund, April, '12.
Laura does well with the meet hanging from the dog's mouth. Students produce surprising art renditions of fables!
1920? Hand-painted bowl 8" in diameter and 1¼" deep. Title "The Dog & The Shadow" above the hand-painted colored illustration, and "People Who Try To Get What Belongs To/Others Often Lose More Than They Gain" below. Gold trim around the inside and outside edges of the top ring. Aesop's Fables Series. Royal Winton, Grimwades. Made in England. $35 from Col. Kirk's Auction Gallery, Millville, PA through Ebay, August, '99.
Magnificent color work! The red piece of meat is just about to hit the water. Some of the lettering seems to be breaking up, but I see no loss in the picture.
1930? 7" white plate from Sarreguemines, France. Inside a 1.5" rim there is a rendition of J.J. Grandville's "Le Chien Qui Porte a Son Cou le Diner de Son Maitre." The front carries two inscriptions: "Fables de la Fontaine" and the title. The back has "Fables de la Fontaine" and "Digoin, Sarreguemines, France." $23 from Mary Ellen Kennedy, Larchmont, NY, Feb., '00. One extra exemplar.
As always with Grandville, some of the fun lies in the clothes with which these three dogs are done up. Now I start to ask myself how many plates there are in the set….
