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

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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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1900? Tissage Imagé. Six completed woven paper images and two not yet completed. About 7" square. CFC 2020.0148.1.1. F.N. Paris. Unknown source.

About six months ago, I catalogued an extraordinary and delicate single piece presenting TH…

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2015 Through the Mirror: Tales from Childhood. Siobhan Lamb and the Suoni Ensemble. Libretto by Gregory Warren Wilson. PRCD 2074: Proprius Music. $15.10 from Amazon, August, '22.

This is a refreshing approach to the six fables offered. I…

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1900? Iron bracelet with clasp featuring three identical parts. TH and FC on each third. Unknown source and time of acquisition.

This is a gorgeous piece. I have tried to render its detail but fear that I have failed. The bracelet is heavy. …
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