A cream-colored plate depicting The Oyster and the Rat
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Title
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A cream-colored plate depicting The Oyster and the Rat
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Description
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1890? A cream-colored plate 9¾" in diameter with a 6½" blue-and-white circular design at its center presenting "The Oyster and the Rat." The back of the plate shows several registry marks and a crown through a circle surrounding a coat of arms with "BWM & Co" across it and "Fables" underneath it. Other marks include a complex sign headed by a "Faience Anglaise" banner and giving addresses in Paris and Marseille. Hanley, Staffordshire: Brown-Westhead, Moore and Company. $65 from Debra Johnson, Rock Hill, SC, through eBay, May, '06.
This plate seems to be in a set with the similar presentation of TT which I acquired at the same time. There is a chip at about 12 o'clock along the scalloped edge of this lovely plate. The design shows the moment just before the rat will find the oyster clamping down around his head. The design spills over nicely into the ridge connecting the center of this plate with its rim.
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Date
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1890?
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Source
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$65 from Debra Johnson, Rock Hill, SC, through eBay, May, '06.
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Subject
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The Oyster and the Rat
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Creator
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Brown-Westhead, Moore, and Co
