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1880? One badly damaged and clumsily repaired ABC plate 7½" in diameter. Various patterns encircle the alphabet displayed on the plate's rim. On its inner circle in capitals are "Æsop's Fables" above and "The Fox and the Grapes" below a pleasing…

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2000? Set of 7 Ballard lapel pins. "Doré Fin d'Or." €19.90 from Mabillon75 through Ebay, May, '22.

It took me a while to figure out OR. Ballard seems to have been known -- or to be known now -- for its lapel pins. Here are seven of La…

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2008 Barkface & Rootnose and Other Fables. Jonathan Kruk, Master Storyteller. Music by Matt Noble. Dedicated to "Fr. Greg -- One tale is good till another is told." Signed by Jonathan Kruk. Berger Platters. Gift of Jonathan Kruk, Nov., '09. …

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1910? Two colored menu forms for Hôtel du Maine, Angers. FS and WL. Printed by and for Bénédictine D.O.M., "Liqueur préferée des gourmets." $14 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonee Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

The detailed color work on these menu…

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1920?Ten knife rests or porte couteaux, about 3½" inches long, representing Benjamin Rabier's presentations of La Fontaine's fables. Extras of FC and "Two Mice and an Egg." Silvermaker: Devouge Dupont. $350 for ten from paintingmorningstar…

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1960? Four tiles, each marked as "Inspired by 18th Century Aesop's Fable Tiles." 6" x 6". Blue-and-white designs of BW, GGE, LM, and TH. Libertyville, IL: Berggren Trayner Corporation. Designs B-70 through B-73. $21 from Kay Hofman, Floodwood, MN,…

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1985 Bespectacled turtle reading book with "Slow and steady wins the race." 2" high. Pat Lane Diaz, Wausau, WI. West Allis Craft Fair. Gift of Lois Carlson.

My mother and I met this artist and asked her if she ever fashioned fable characters. …

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2022? Original prints from Bilby Boutique, Glasgow. A6. BW and "The Wolf and the Kid." €3.08 each from Bilby Boutique through Etsy, July, '22.

I am delighted any time I see artists turn to fables for their subject matter. Here each print…

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1956? Biscottes Exona. 8. OF. Biscottes de Régime. 5¾" x 6½". Société des Produits Rationnels d'Alimentation Exona. Essonnes (S.-&-O.). Paris: Imp. S.E.R.T. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '03.

A multicolored picture of the…

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1960? Biscottes Hirondelle. With a large cartoon view of "The Cat, the Weasel, and the Little Rabbit." 5⅞" x 6¼". Fabrication de la S.P.R.A.E., Corbeil, Essonnes. $7 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.



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