Fox and Goat Gien Plate

Title: Fox and Goat Gien Plate
Description: 1920? 8" cream-colored plate with a blue-green colored design depicting "The Fox and the Goat." The plate reads "Fables de LaFontaine" and "Le Renard et le Bouc." The back stamp reads "Porcelaine opaque de Gien." There is a registry mark on the plate's back. $35 from Linda Leffingwell, Doyestown, PA, June, '11.

The block lettering is typical of Gien work. The moment depicted finds the fox looking back for a moment as he begins to walk away and leave the goat helpless in the well. The two animal characters are highlighted by the scene's shading; surprisingly, perhaps, the well's mechanism is equally highlighted. The scene covers the entirety of the front of the plate.
Source: $35 from Linda Leffingwell, Doyestown, PA, June, '11.
Date: 1920?
Subject: The Fox and the Goat; Tableware; Plates; Gien; Gien Blue Medium Plates