"Le Loup et le Chien." Plate

Title: "Le Loup et le Chien." Plate
Description: 1900? Faience plate 8" in diameter showing three scenes depicting "Le Loup et le Chien." Numbered "6." A mark on the back seems to combine the letters "M" and "C" and says "déposé Fables Terre de Fer." $9.99 from Antiques Gallery, St. Cloud, MN, through eBay, Feb., '03.

The smaller pictures on the upper left and lower right picture the chained dog and the departing wolf, respectively. The central picture portrays a thin, poorly clad man with his stick and satchel taking his leave from a rotund man in a uniform of service. The latter carries a set of keys. La Fontaine's fable says that this wolf ran away and is running still!
Source: $9.99 from Antiques Gallery, St. Cloud, MN, through eBay, Feb., '03.
Date: 1900?
Subject: The Wolf and the Housedog; Tableware; Plates; Creil & Montereau Colored