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Collection: Carlson Fable Collection

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7 original watercolor paintings of Aesop’s fables

1965? 7 original watercolor paintings of Aesop’s fables by LouLette Sablon (1897-1970), framed and signed. Each 11" x 13". $45 for the lot from Merchant of Denim through Ebay, July, ’21.

It was hard for me to believe that the whole lot of…

East German wood carving of FG

1980? East German wood carving of FG. Two exemplars, gifts of Margaret Carlson Lytton and David Daly.

Literary Wall Tile Set: Aesop's Fable: The Lion and the Statue

2018 Literary Wall Tile Set: Aesop's Fable: The Lion and the Statue. Each 5½" x 5½". $35 from Literature Lodge, East Taunton, MA through Etsy, August, '18,

Very nice workmanship. Isolating the text and moral in one quadrant is successful here,…

Wooden tortoise and hair figures

2020? Wooden tortoise and hair figures. 3½' x 1¾" (tortoise) and 3¾" x 2¼" (hare). The Wooden Storyteller, Spokane, Washington. Gift of Maureen Hester, Dec., '19.

Beautiful woodworking. Simple figures. Lovely grain. And a great feel in the…

Twelve 1¾” square thin wooden tiles representing each a page from Walter Crane’s book of Aesop’s fables

2020? Twelve 1¾” square thin wooden tiles representing each a page from Walter Crane’s book of Aesop’s fables. $10.72 from ShapeShifterUK, London, through Etsy, Jan., ’21.

Delightful, exact woodwork! I think Walter Crane would be delighted to…

Eight French cheese labels

1920’s to 1990’s Eight French cheese labels from a variety of regions, all displaying some form of FC. $6 each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’20. Different Ligueil label for €7.50 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June,…

Three small cheese labels

1930? Three small (slightly over 2" diameter) cheese labels: "K.H. De Jong's Exporthandel" and "Fromage de Hollande." Labels of fables in French and once in English. $15 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

It is curious…

Camembert Extra Fin cheese label

1980? Camembert Extra Fin cheese label. Fromage du Fin Renard. "Ce Qui Se Fait de Mieux." Litho. Myncke, Brussels. $8 from Dany Wolfs, Roeselare, Belgium, August, '00.

This circular label is a specimen of lovely colored printing. The crow, perched…

Rossia Maroon

These four large (8½" x 8") wrappers include a lovely fable picture, which I offer here in each case as a detail. Do not miss what I believe is a double fable representation in the last wrapper. I believe that the artist is representing two fables…

Meenpeesheprom (?)

I have had trouble deciphering the company and place on these two large (7¾" x 6") wrappers, both for 100 grams of chocolate.

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