Lot 90 Two Battersea or Birmingham enamel 'Fable' plaques, circa 1755
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Two Battersea or Birmingham enamel 'Fable' plaques, circa 1755
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GBP 1,000
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Of rectangular shape and printed in red, one with the fable of 'The Fox and the Sick Lion', the lion recumbent at the mouth of his den before two foxes, the other with the fable of 'The Bird in Borrowed Feathers' or perhaps 'The Peacock and the Magpie', with three peacocks and two birds on the tree on the left, a palace in the distance, both 8.4cm x 10.4cm (2)
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Provenance
Anon. sale, Bonhams, 18 April 2012, lot 87
Literature
White, Mary, Beasts at the Whites' House, Vol.1, 2020, p.154-55
The fable of 'The Fox and the Sick Lion' concerns an aging lion with worn teeth and claws, who feigns illness to lure unsuspecting animals into his cave to eat them. A clever fox spots the trick by observing that all footprints lead into the cave, but none come back out. The moral of the story is that one should learn from the mistakes of others. The fable of 'The Bird in Borrowed Feathers' concerns a vain jay who dresses in the feathers of peacocks and superiorly struts among birds of his own kind before joining the peacocks. Recognising the imposter, the peacocks pecked away his feathers and upon joining his original flock, he is driven away for having acted so boastfully. The moral of the story is not to pretend to be something that you are not.
Footnotes
Provenance
Anon. sale, Bonhams, 18 April 2012, lot 87
Literature
White, Mary, Beasts at the Whites' House, Vol.1, 2020, p.154-55
The fable of 'The Fox and the Sick Lion' concerns an aging lion with worn teeth and claws, who feigns illness to lure unsuspecting animals into his cave to eat them. A clever fox spots the trick by observing that all footprints lead into the cave, but none come back out. The moral of the story is that one should learn from the mistakes of others. The fable of 'The Bird in Borrowed Feathers' concerns a vain jay who dresses in the feathers of peacocks and superiorly struts among birds of his own kind before joining the peacocks. Recognising the imposter, the peacocks pecked away his feathers and upon joining his original flock, he is driven away for having acted so boastfully. The moral of the story is not to pretend to be something that you are not.
