RARE 1880 Fontaine/ Aesop’s factory fables “Cat & Rooster” plate circa 1880

This is a very rare Earthenware Aesthetic Movement Plate depicting Fontaine / Aesops Fables ~ CAT & ROOSTER factory made by
Brown Westhead and Moore Potteries circa 1880.

This is a superb and quite scarce transferware plate registered around 1880 and measuring 9.5" in diameter. The decoration is based on a woodcut etching from the highly coveted Nature series made by Brown Westhead and Moore, most commonly found on architectural tiles. It is decorated in a dark blue mulberry featuring an image of the delimma between the Cat and the crowing Rooster.
The fable reads as follows- “The Cat and the Rooster”
A Cat caught a Rooster, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating the Rooster. The Cat accused the Rooster of being a nuisance to people by crowing in the night time and not permitting them to sleep. The Rooster defended himself by saying that he did this for the benefit of people, that they might rise in time for work. The Cat replied, “Although you have many excuses, I shall not remain supperless”; and he made a meal of him.
The plate is in great condition, clean bright and shiny with no chips, cracks, hairlines, crazing or repairs.

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