A white-colored platter depicting the Stag and the Wolf
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Title
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A white-colored platter depicting the Stag and the Wolf
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Description
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1880? A white-colored platter 13" x almost 10½". Inside of a surrounding pattern of branches and grapes on the platter's ledge is an image featuring a fox and a stag, with other deer and trees in the background. The back of the platter shows a number of registry marks, the clearest an ink stamp working down from a crown through a circle surrounding a coat of arms with "BWM & Co" across it and "Fables" underneath it. Other marks include a diamond surrounding a large "R" with various letters and numbers, and an indented name, apparently Brown-Westhead, Moore to 1904). $65 from Shirley Perry, May, '00.
This is a large, heavy, and even formidable platter! I was baffled about which fable is presented here, but Cristel Aarts has made an excellent suggestion: this fable has the fox trying to talk the stag to come along to visit the lion. Shirley dates this and the smaller platter above to 1858-82. There are chip repairs at both "carrying" ends.
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Date
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1880?
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Source
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$65 from Shirley Perry, May, '00.
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Creator
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Brown-Westhead, Moore, and Co
