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1995? Limoges-style porcelain hinged trinket box. A tortoise and a hare perch on top. 2½" x 1¾" x 2¼" high. Made in China. $9.99 from Sue Cartwright, La Jolla, CA, through Ebay, August, '00. Extra exemplar for $4.99 from Today's Collectibles LLC,…

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1948 Playola Record Album "Famous Fables." Three records presenting LM; SW; TH, and BW. album No. 105. Along with a Playola Record Player for $45 on Ebay, April, '12.

The album's four interior pages present each a rhyming quatrain for one of…

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1960? Plastic statuette of Jean de La Fontaine. 2½" high. Mokarex deposé. $5 from Karolewski Yannick through Ebay, Dec., '02.

This unpainted statuette has a small piece chipped out of the front right corner of its base. Mokarex is a well known…

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1955? Place de la Fontaine Quebec City Dinner Menu. 9½" x 14½". $7.71 from thejumpingfrog through Ebay, May, '08.

Despite my best hopes, I believe that this menu has nothing to do with fables but only with a lovely fountain I Quebec City. But…

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2000? Pillow featuring a fox and four sets of grapes. 16" square. Unknown source and date of acquisition.

For me, the great feature of this lovely pillow is the fabric that makes up the body of the fox. Its red material has a floral pattern. …

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2020? Pillow cover with pillow material illustrating FC. Sharon Turner. 16" x 16". $17.75 from redbubble.com, Nov., '23.

This is ebullient art at its best! Only the crow is slightly understated, while everything else in the scene is richly…

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1970? Pillar candlestick based on Krylov's fable "Quartet." 9" high. $35 from svetlykms through Ebay, May, '22.

This is a substantial candlestick. It may be the first in our collection. The fable is a great one to put onto a pillar. The four…

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2000? Photo Print Reproduction of Aesop's Fable of the Fox and Crow. Wallpaper? £2.50 from J. Williams, Essex, UK, through BidStart, Nov., '17.

This is a curious image of FC in the midst of a pleasing geometric design. The arrangement reminds…

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2000? Photo Print Reproduction of Adriaan Van Stalbemt, "Landscape with Fables," 1620. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp: oil on panel. Photo £2.50 from J. Williams, Essex, UK, through BidStart, Nov., '17.

This detailed landscape invites a…
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