Two Wedgwood Hand-painted Queen's Ware Spanish-shaped Plates

Description:

Two Wedgwood Hand-painted Queen's Ware Spanish-shaped Plates, England, c. 1875, each polychrome enameled, one with depiction of dogs by a lake titled on the reverse in French "Les deux Chiens et L'Ane mort"; the other with a figure of Jupiter surrounded by animals, titled on the reverse "La Besace," from Aesop's fables; artist monogram and impressed marks, dia. 9 3/8 in.
Estimate $400-600

Dog plate: several rim chips on the back edge.; slight glaze scratches.
Jupiter plate: In very good condition.

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