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1970? Tortoise and Hare salt and pepper shaker set. Made by New England Ceramics. Tortoise stands 1.5" off the ground, while the standing hare reaches 4". $24 from Cathy Rosenwald, Holland, PA, through Ebay, Feb., '00. Click on the image to see it in…

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1960? Goose and Golden Egg salt and pepper shaker set. Made in Japan. The goose is almost 1½" x 2¾" x almost 2¾" high with three holes at the base of her neck. The egg is almost 1 1/8" high and wide and 1½" long with three holes on the rounded side.…

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1950? "The Fox and the Grapes" salt and pepper shaker set. Apparently made in the U.S.A. Either figure is 3" tall. $24.99 from Beth Warriner, Cocoa, FL, through Ebay, August, '99.

I never thought I would see salt and pepper shakers of this fable!…

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1985? Fox and stork Aesop's fables jug. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Glazed earthenware. Hand-painted. About 6" long, 4" wide, and 4½" high. $35 from dmed7 on Ebay, July, '21.

I am so happy to see an artist and a museum using FS for a…

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1980? Noritake figural pitcher ornamented with fox and grapes. 7½" high at the top of the handle and about 6" wide at the widest portion of the base. $9.99 from Victoria Green, Bloomfield, Hills, MI, through eBay, Oct., '08.

"Made expressly…

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1979 Hoffman pitcher depicting GGE. 3½" diameter base, 5½" diameter at its broadest, 4½" diameter at its top. 6" in height. $18 from Linda Crisafulli, Long Beach, CA, through Ebay, June, '01.

The scene depicted here is exactly the same as that…

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1950? 11 French plates featuring La Fontaine fable scenes produced in Longwy, France. Each is 7¾" in diameter. Backs of the plates include one or all of these three elements: an ink stamp of the Longwy name and coat of arms (apparently a berry branch…

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1989 China plate of BF, specifically "The Jay and the Peacock." Michael Hampshire. Edwin M. Knowles China Company. Sixth issue in limited edition series of fables. #1066A. Bradex #84-K81-31.6. $19.20 from Allen's Online, May, '99.

I had heard that…

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1989 China plate of MM. Michael Hampshire. Edwin M. Knowles China Company. Fifth issue in limited edition series of fables. #1258A. Bradex #84-K81-31.5. $24.99 from Mack's Attic, Derry NH, through Ebay, March, '99.

Hampshire tends to work in a…

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1989 China plate of LM. Michael Hampshire. Edwin M. Knowles China Company. Fourth issue in limited edition series of fables. #216A. Bradex #84-K81-31.4. $20 from Brenda Headley, Eastport, NY, May, '99. Second exemplar, #2137A, in excellent…
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