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2000? "Aesop's Fables -- The Fox and the Grapes" ring dish. 3½" in diameter. Pairipoint Glass Company, Sagamore, MA. One extra copy. $15. Source unknown.

I spent a great deal of time trying to photograph this exquisite little plate…

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1939? Crow and Pitcher Flower-Pot-Hanger. Wooden, four pieces, painted crème and black. 12" x 10½" x 3". Liberty, Maine: Liberty Giftcrafters. $25 from The Maine Emporium, Bowdoinham, ME, through Ebay, Feb., '00.

Now here is something of whose…

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2010? Set of 12 gift tags featuring Arthur Rackham's colored illustration for CW. Unknown source and price.

Some years later, this item remains a mystery for me. 1 3/4" x 2 3/4" with a hole for a ribbon, these slick reproductions of CW come in…

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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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2020 Three ceramic coasters showing three scenes from Walter Crane's Aesop's Fables. Almost 4" square. $29 from The Painted Lily through Etsy, June, '20.

How nice to see someone picking up Crane's beautiful work! And dealing with Etsy is so…

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1980? Two each of two Nutella "visiomatic" coasters presenting one of La Fontaine's fables, specifically TH and FC. 1½" square. €15.80 for the group of four from eugtara-20 on Ebay, Feb., '23.

First, I am unsure if these are really coasters. I…

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1980? Three pair of brass wall hooks showing the fox looking down into the stork's vase. His raised tail forms the hook protruding more than an inch from the metal fixture. 3¼" x 4¼" high. Through Ebay. Further particulars seem lost!

Here is…

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1950? TH Noma Christmas Tree Light Cover. $9.99 from Marilyn Waters, Portland, OR, through eBay, April, '03.

Wow! Who would have thought it! Here is a plastic cone-like Christmas light cover shaped to fit a Noma candle. I cannot do better than…

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2021 Capsules de champagne “Fables de La Fontaine.” Série Générique. Six champagne muselets picturing fables and Jean de La Fontaine. €2 from jeremyd8891 on Ebay, July, ’21.

Here is our third set of muselets. This series seems tied not to a…
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