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Tissot Bonbon tin. "Bonbons Frescomint Rafraichissants." Made in France. Cover features FC with an apparent mint dropping from the crow's beak. About 3" in diameter and ¾" high

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Title Page from 12 Fables de la Fontaine, Paris: La Photolith

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1999 Tortoise and Hare baby's bottle. Nine-ounce, boilable, plastic, with a pure latex nipple. Oyster Bay, NY: Baby's 'n Things. With a matching bib $4 from C-N-C Treasures through Ebay, Jan., '01.

This bottle came with one exemplar of a cotton…

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1960? Tortoise and Hare Cookie Jar. 12" x 11" x 8". $30 from Jody Seibert, Baltimore, MD, through Ebay, April, '00.

My first fable cookie jar! The plodding turtle carries the hare--complete with carrot--on his back! Now where in the world would…

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1960? Tortoise and Hare Cookie Jar. 12" x 13" x 8". Marcia Ceramics. $19.99 from Mark and Rhonda Cohen, Walton, OR, through Ebay, June, '00.

The base of this cookie jar is exactly the same as that in the first jar I had found. But here the…

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Tortoise and Hare cookie tin. No identifying markings other than a TH illustration on its circular pink cover. Plain white sides. 7¼" in diameter, about 2¾" high.

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2000? Tortoise and Hare cross-stitch with French "goal" sign. 8½" x 20". $30 from Tess Moran, Poolesville, MD, through Ebay, May, '22.

Though the seller notes a small flaw among the flowers, this is still a lovely creation! Framed and ready to…

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1996 Black and white cup featuring Robert Dole and Bill Clinton as tortoise and hare. Artist: Milt Prigee. China: Linyi. Silver phr nix. $1 from Sharon and Kelly Smith, Hayden ID, through eBay, August, '04.

The curious thing about the design…

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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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