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Wedgwood "Card Motto" Series Plate"Treason Is Not Owned When Tis Discried""Successful Crimes Alone Are Justified"
Description:
A troop of Lilliputian mischief makers seems to have commandered a bird to roast underscor...
A troop of Lilliputian mischief makers seems to have commandered a bird to roast underscoring the surrounding motto. A light feeling is established with soft purple, powdery blue and green highlights and tan lustre on the white ground.
This seems to be a subtle political comment pairing the terms "treason" and "successful cr...
This seems to be a subtle political comment pairing the terms "treason" and "successful crimes" which Wedgwood baldly illustrates with an ovesize turkey obviously stolen by the little mischief makers.. . .possibly a tongue in cheek statement on empire?