Five Spode 'Aesop's Fables' Dinner Wares, 1830-1833. The designs taken from illustrations used in the 1793 edition of the Reverend Samuel Croxall's "The Fables of Aesop with a Life of the Author and Embellished with One Hundred Twelve Plates, comprising one 'The Lion in Love' 10-inch soup plate, one ''The Dog and the Sheep' 8.5 inch plate and one 'The Fox and the Lion' 10-inch plate, all in blue; one 'The Lion, the Bear and the Fox' 8.25-inch octagonal plate and one 'The Horse and the Loaded Ass' well-and-tree platter, each impressed "SPODE," and printed with a scroll enclosing the title of the fable, "AESOP'S FABLES" and "SPODE" in underglaze-colors.'The Horse and the Loaded Ass' well-and-tree platter: H: 16.375 in., L: 20.625 in., D: 3 in.

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