Squashed vase with a dog tag question

Sorry, not 'designed', 'drawn' by. It's been a very long time since I took French.

 

Great work so far everybody. Looks like it wasn't a dud buy at AU$20 after all.
Found another identical shape but the weren't saying who made it.
https://www.rubylane.com/item/502406-VAS226/Majolica-Moon-Vase-10x94-Terra-Cotta

 

Good eye! So decoration on the moon flask was lifted wholesale from an etching for which Girod did the drawing. Presumably by the same printer as the ones in the Brit.

 

I agree it's a transfer print. To me, it looks like it's an engraving.

 

You're right, that's the word I should have used.

But notice it is the same handwriting as 'Gravé par Oortman. A label rather than a signature.

My thoughts are that it is either a detail from some larger composition, something happening in one corner of a painting, or that it is from a work more like a cartoon or caricature. I have tried using 'dogs' & 'chiens' in combination with names, no luck. There's always the possibility (gasp!) that it has not been put on the Internet, yet.

 

WOW .. Very interesting all, WELL DONE !!! .. Joy.

 

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party as usual. The French do have some interesting animal stories. There's a story called The Wolf and the Dog by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695). In the story there's a mastiff that tries to convince a wolf to give up the hard life of the woods for the comfy and well fed life of a guard dog. He makes some progress until the wolf finds out he needs to wear a collar at night. I'm just wondering if something similar is going on here - a free dog as opposed home bound dogs. Just a thought.
Don

 

If that's a mommy dog, as it appears, not sure 'free' is the right description.

 

Yes.

 

I agree with Bronwen. I would expect a floral or a portrait but this scene is unusual.
But one never knows with the French...
Don

 

Just random muck. No signatures or marks. These vases seem to be a bit of a mystery.