Montereau 1810
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1810? Three “talking plates,” most probably by Montereau. “The Lion, the Monkey, and Two Asses “; “The Shepherd and the Sea”; and “The Oyster and the Litigants.” 8.5” diameter. Earthenware, creamware, with transfer designs. Unknown source.
Many such earthenware plates appear on the web. This group has a distinctive rim: a walled enclosure on four sides. At the center is a La Fontaine fable. The horizontal divider and title type-face help mark this group. I notice mention of others in the set: “The Cat, the Weasel, and the Little Rabbit”; “The Forest and the Woodman”; BS; “The Young Woman”; “The Horse, the Wolf, and the Fox”; FG; and “The Horse Avenging Himself Against the Stag.” These may be among the older plates in our collection.
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The artist here invests a good deal of his skill in the posture of the shepherd: sitting comfortably but twisted around and looking back. The artistry of the other two plates is also here, both in the multifarious surfaces connected with the trees and the sheep – as in “The Lion, the Monkey, and Two Asses “ – and in the straight lines, here for the sea. |
| The gesture of the “judge” is more pronounced than usual in this fable. His open-legged stance confirms the fable’s lesson of division. The simple faces of the three fit this presentation, with the judge looking at us quite satisfied. The artist uses a great deal of straight horizontal lines to contour the landscape. |
| This fable is less well known. The lion asks the wise monkey for advice and is challenged to overcome self-centeredness. To make his point, he cites two asses who flatter each other with comments about how stupid humans are. Each species praises its species as a way of praising himself. Self-love makes people ridiculous. The monkey had earlier told the lion to avoid anything ridiculous or unjust. The narrator says that he never learned whether the lion came back for advice about justice. The monkey was too smart to lecture too far. The plate has a surprising variety of ways of filling space, with different techniques for distant trees, bark, leaves, hills, grass, dirt, and water. |
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