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Collection: Carlson Fable Collection

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The large sizeis about 3⅜" x 6" and contains 100 grams of chocolate. This closed wrapper is so strong that I offer the verso as well.

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Four labels come from smaller pieces – 18 grams --of chocolate. The color scheme is different on each, though the format remains the same. By contrast with the larger chocolate bars above, these wrappers seem to be shut, as though the top and…

Krasniy Oktybro

Krasniy Oktybro delivers "Krylov Fables" chocolates in three sizes: 20 grams, 18 grams, and 15 grams. We have one of the first sort, two of the second, and one of the third..

Individual Wrappers

Individual Russian chocolate candy wrappers in the collection represent several different brands.

Eleven Greek canvas scroll hangings depicting Greek fables

1970? Eleven Greek canvas scroll hangings depicting Greek fables. E.E. Apomimesis. Thessalonike: P. Zacharopoulos. $200 from kabilis through Ebay, July, ’21.

Like the gift set given earlier by Martin and Ulrike Koelle, these cloth scrolls…

Ten Greek schoolroom scrolls

1975 Ten Greek schoolroom scrolls for hanging up in a classroom, each illustrating a fable in four scenes with a title. Wooden endpieces with an almost canvas-like paper for the pictures themselves. Gift of Martin and Ulrike Kölle, August, 2012. …

R.S. Les Belles Décalcomanies

1950? "les belles décalcomanies," two sets, each with 16 "transfer pictures" of La Fontaine's fables. R.S. Paris. €6 each from labuandrie, through Ebay, Oct., '23.

The seller designates these two folders in good repair as coming from 1910, but…

Vintage Three-Piece TH Decal Set

1980 Vintage Three-Piece TH Decal Set. Two copies. Carol Stream, IL: The Meyercord Co. A Johnson Matthey Company. $1.99 each from Sue Daniels, Camarillo, CA, through Ebay, Nov., '01.

An 8" x 12" sheet offers a reclining bunny eating a carrot, a…

Antique Victorian Die Cut Paper

1900? Antique Victorian Die Cut Paper Art Fable Set of 12. $100 from Chickadeepick through Ebay, March, '23.

These fragile papers are exquisite! Many seem to work out to a standard rectangular size. Numbers mark them as part of a series with…

Dust-jacket from "Chantez-Moi Ça, Petits Enfants!" presenting "Le Loup Devenu Berger."

1900? Dust-jacket from "Chantez-Moi Ça, Petits Enfants!" presenting "Le Loup Devenu Berger." To be sung to the tune of "Il Était un' Bergère." Bichelberger, E. Champon et Cie, Étival (Vosges). €10 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June,…

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