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Collection: Carlson Fable Collection
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Rot Front
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.
Rot Front
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…
Rubber keychain figure of jogging tortoise
1970? Rubber keychain figure of jogging tortoise. 1¼" x 1¾" x 2¾" high. Unknown source.
I cannot remember where or when I found this keychain figure. He is perhaps unusual for such figurines in that he stands up well.
Russian Double Covers
1900? Seventeen pairs of matchbox labels, each giving the title and an illustration for a fable of Ivan Krylov. Described only as "old and extremely rare" by the seller on Ebay. $16 from Vladislav Pronin, Brooklyn, Feb., '00.
What a hoot! I never…
Russian Matryoshka Set of 10, 1993
1993 Russian matryoshka set of 10 dolls representing FS. $75 from josephcustomcues through eBay, Dec., '
This remarkable matryoshka, signed "Surko L"on the bottom of the largest doll, by the artist, is, according to the Ebay seller, an "authentic…
Russian scene mostly of wood illustrating FS
1990? Russian scene mostly of wood illustrating FS. There is one more hole, and something -- perhaps a vase? -- may be missing. Gift of Evgony Ponomar, Nov., '18.
What lovely shapes! FS is the unusual fable that has become a staple of Russian…
Russian Single Covers
1960 Eight single matchbox labels, each giving the title and an illustration for a fable of Ivan Krylov. About 2" x 1¼". Each cover has a tiny "1960" inscribed outside the border of the scene itself. $2.99 from Alexander Basoc, Highland Park, IL,…
Sabatier Postcards
1995 6 cards each stamped with the scene it portrays from La Fontaine's fables. R. & C. Sabatier in the larger format of a post card. $19.50 from Alexandre Prozopiorski, Lyon, July, '99. And a version of GA signed by Sabatier for $4 from Topical…
Sabino "The Frog and the Ox" opalescent figurine paperweight
1990? Sabino "The Frog and the Ox" opalescent figurine paperweight. 4½" long, slightly less than 1½" high, and less than 1" wide in its base. Mint. Signed. Original box. Paris: Sabino. $60 from R.T. and Carol Brower, Mountain Collectibles, Ridgway,…
Sancha Prints for Tuck Up-to-Date
1915? Six prints offering the same illustrations as Tuck's "Up-to-Date" "Oilette" postcards by Tuck and Sons. €70 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June, '23.
I was surprised to find these six images in other than postcard form. As I describe…
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