Aesop's fables on English ceramics.

The Magazine Antiques | June 1, 1994| | Copyright

It would be impossible to discuss in a single article all the eighteenth-century English ceramic objects that were inspired in shape or decoration by book illustrations of Aesop's fables. I will focus here on the earthenwares and stonewares inspired by these moralistic tales, which had become well-known to the British people through centuries of publications.

The earliest known fables date from the eighth century B.C. Aesop is said to have been a Phygian slave who lived in greece in the sixth century B.C. and eventually won his freedom, in part through his skill at helping ...

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