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1930? Coin purse advertising Luis Knierim Café. "Restaurant and Furnished Rooms for Gentlemen Only." Wheeling, West Virginia. Image of "The Frog and the Mouse." Gift of Susan Carlson, May, '22.

Now here is a first. A coin purse! There is an…

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1996 Fox and Grape Earrings. Made in China. Topanga, California: Zarah Company. Gift of Margaret Carlson Lytton from Winterthur, Nov., '96.

Leaves and grapes hang down from each of the two foxes. Hand-painted enamel on sterling silver with garnet…

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1997? Tortoise and Hare Earrings. Jade colored stone with a bead for each character. Made by Maryellen Hains, Kalamazoo, MI. From an unknown source.

Like the Heberts' earrings, this pair gives one character to each ear. The maker varies the two by…

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1998 Tortoise and Hare Earrings. Hand crafted with pride in Oakdale CA by the Heberts. "Mrs. Bear's Woods." Quilted maple and California walnut. $9.95 at the Petaluma crafts fair, Nov., '989.

The rabbit is a darker and larger earring with a…

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1999 Tortoise and Hare Earrings. Made in China. Topanga, California: Zarah Company. $30 from Suzanne Katzen, Delray Beach, FL, through Ebay, Oct., '01.

On each earring, both a tortoise and a hare hang down from a floral arrangement. Hand-painted…

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1962 Wooden purse signed by Enid Collins. Titled "Pretty Foxie." 8½" x 11" x 2¾". Cream leather, cream plastic handle, and brass hardware. $37 from Ginny Chenowith, Las Cruces, NM, through Ebay, Sept., '00.

A painted fox with rhinestone eyes sits…

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1931 Aesop's Fables Hankie Book. Illustrations by Pearl Gilligan (et al?). Paperbound. Los Angeles: N.R. Woodard Co. $38.93 from Giancarlo's Closet, Exton, PA, through eBay, August, '11.

It took twelve years, but this purchase solves a mystery. I…

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1983 Embroidered TH patch commemorating the L.A.W. Metric Century Bicycle event in 1983. 3" square. $7.51 from John and Deb Brodahl, Greensburg, PA, through Ebay, Jan., '02.

Here is another first for this collection. I do not know what the…

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1950? Pendant 1½" in diameter illustrating WL by Jean de La Fontaine. Artist: Jean Vernon. $20 from an unknown source, July, '16.

This heavy pendant is identical with and perhaps created from WL in the set of 1½" medallions by Vernon. There…

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1980? TH silk scarf. "Echo." 31" square. Where and when?

This large scarf presents a challenge not only to its photographer but to any other viewer, since its three quarters of its lines appear upside-down and 90 degrees from horizontal. I…
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