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Collection: Carlson Fable Collection
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Zanesville Tiles
1900? Five 6" square tiles of fable scenes from Walter Crane's Baby's Own Aesop. Manufactured by the Mosaic Tile Company in Zanesville, Ohio. $130 for MSA from Blue Boar Antiques at Baltimore Antiquarian Fair, Aug., '91. "Peacock's Complaint" for $98…
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…
Wooden purse
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…
Wolf and Lamb Wrapper
WL: 8"
Wolf and Crane Wrapper
Krunskoy. About 2¼" x 4¼". 15 grams. WC.
William Cowper's "A Fable" by André Chaves at the Clinker Press
2011? "A Fable," broadside designed and printed by hand on handmade paper by André Chaves. "Another Poet's version of The Raven presented to the Zamorano Club." Clinker Press. 10¼" x 16". $80 from Oak Knoll Books, Oct., '21.
In 2011 Chaves…
White metal FG casting
1980? White metal FG casting ready to be made into a brooch. 85 exemplars. 1¾" from top to bottom. $10.49 from Joseph Cairo, Johnston, RI, through Ebay, August, '00.
I thought I was bidding on one item made up of 88 parts. Imagine my surprise when…
Wer kann die Wahrheit nackend sehn?
1982 Wer kann die Wahrheit nackend sehn? Five fabulists. Holzstiche von Harald Metzkes. Slipcase with five folded pages. Leipzig: Verlag Karl Quarch. €33.88 from Leipziger Antiquariat, Oct., '21.
This fascinating work is a set of five…
Weathervane
1990? Copper, brass, and wood weathervane artpiece. The rabbit is copper, 14" x 5½". The turtle is brass, 5" x 2½". They are mounted on a wooden peg, and the peg is mounted on a wooden base. A brass plate on the base is marked "Tortoise and the…
Walt Disney's The Tortoise and the Hare
1955? Walt Disney's The Tortoise and the Hare. Unbreakable 78 rpm Little Golden Record RD 150. Gil Mack, the Sandpipers, Mitchell Miller and Orchestra. Record by Bestway. Jacket by Simon and Schuster, New York. Gift of Wendy Wright, Nov.,…
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