Antique French faience Plat Parlant Les Revendeuses
SKU: AW270In the 19th century, so-called Plats Parlants (Talking Plates) became fashionable; faience earthenware plates with a historic decoration. The topics ranged from military life, hunting, monuments or the customs of French urban and rural society. Fables, rebuses, proverbs and folk songs are also represented or engraved on these often satirical or caricatured pieces.
Antique octagonal faience plate printed with a satirical black transfer print with the title Les Revendeuses. Depicted is a market vendor with two customers with the text below: "Vos tas sont bien petits, Vous ne voudriez pas des tas d'oignons aussi gros que le panthéon, pour deux sous? The plate is numbered below the text with a 5 out of a series unknown to me.
Not signed.
Dimensions: diameter 19 cm.
Condition: excellent.
