{"product_id":"set-of-4-antique-french-hand-painted-ceramic-dessert-plates-71-2","title":"Set of 4 Antique French Hand-Painted Ceramic Dessert Plates 7½\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"They're sweet sayings — sweetly suggestive!\" Patricia exclaims of this charming set of four small French ceramic plates, picked up long ago at a flea market when her French wasn't quite good enough to catch every nuance. That gap in translation only added to their appeal.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDating from the late 19th century, these hand-painted *assiettes parlantes* — talking plates — are a classic form of French folk pottery. Each shallow plate has a cream ground rimmed in blue, with a painted inner band in blue, orange or brown. At the centre, a loose spray of flowers in orange, green and yellow anchors a two-line verse in dark script. The brushwork is confident and spontaneous, the kind that comes from repetition rather than hesitation. The four sayings form a small anthology of flirtatious 19th-century wit: *Simplicity always enhances beauty; A little boldness often pleases beauty; She has finished with her faithful lover — who will give me back the cruel one;* and *Wine, tobacco and love make for happy days.*\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePatricia uses them as dessert plates — passed around at the end of a meal, each guest discovers their own verse. Grouped on a kitchen shelf or arranged on a wall, the four make a witty, colourful display. A set that rewards both looking and reading.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach measures approx. 7½\" diameter x 1¼\" high \u003cbr\u003eEach measures approx. 19cm diameter x 3cm high\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54310858359122,"sku":"25510","price":586.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC02224_d44c0428-3acc-4c0b-a3fa-3dd133fdaf23.jpg?v=1787165690","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/set-of-4-antique-french-hand-painted-ceramic-dessert-plates-71-2","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}