Gien Black Dessert Plates

Item

Title
Gien Black Dessert Plates
Description
1990? Boxed set of six dessert plates "Fables de la Fontaine." On the back of each plate is "Musée de la Faiencerie de Gien." Gien: France. $90 for the set from Eric Zimmermann, Quebec, Canada, Nov., '00. One extra exemplar of "Le Renard et la Cicogne" for $9.99 from the same source through Ebay, Nov., '00.

This lovely set combines busy central images with a uniform "leaf, grape, and vine" decoration around each plate's border. They choose well when they put FC on the cover of the box. My second prize goes to "The Crow Trying to Imitate an Eagle." In both of these, the open spaces make reading the plate's central image easier and more enjoyable.
Source
$90 for the set from Eric Zimmermann, Quebec, Canada, Nov., '00. One extra exemplar of "Le Renard et la Cicogne" for $9.99 from the same source through Ebay, Nov., '00.
Date
1990?
Subject
Council Held by the Rats
The Fox and the Crow
The Raven Wanting to Imitate the Eagle
The Frogs Wanting a King
The Fox and the Stork
The Fox and the Goat
Tableware
Plates
Gien
Gien Black Cake Plates