A Meissen fable-decorated plate c.1785

A Meissen fable-decorated plate c.1785, decorated with a scene of foxes from the fables of Jean de la Fontaine within narrow green chequered borders with small floral sprigs, blue crossed swords and star mark for the Marcolini period, titled in puce 'Le Renard qui a la Queue coupée' (The fox with a cropped tail), 24cm.

The design on this plate is after the engraving by Charles-Nicolas Couchin, who in turn took inspiration from Jean-Baptiste Oudry, whose illustrations of Fables de la Fontaine were begun in the 1720s.