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2020? Numbered set of Six champagne muselet caps marked "Champagne." Each of the six has a number. €6 from Alain Jouglet at "Les Capsules d'Alain," Loivre. , France, Dec., '20.

I had presumed that the first set I found just recently was…

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1980? Nine champagne muselet caps from Veuve Cheurlin, picturing each a fable of La Fontaine. $35 for the set of nine from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ‘20

Now here is something new – and a new group of collectors, known in…

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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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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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1950? Thermos picturing TH. $2 from Sara B. Jones, Sarasota, FL, through Ebay, Sept., '00.

Pink rims at the top and bottom frame a white-background picture of the tortoise crossing the finish-line while a blue bunny runs to catch up. What will I…

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1998? Cast pewter paperweight "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop." 2" square. Made in USA. Vilmain + Klinger. $28 from Worldesigns Incorporated through Ebay, Feb., '01.

As the Ebay advertisement says, this solid…

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1990? Sabino "The Frog and the Ox" opalescent figurine paperweight. 4½" long, slightly less than 1½" high, and less than 1" wide in its base. Mint. Signed. Original box. Paris: Sabino. $60 from R.T. and Carol Brower, Mountain Collectibles, Ridgway,…

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2008? Mousepad quoting Aesop: "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." $.99 from books4uandotherstuff, Albuquerque, NM, through eBay, Oct., '08.

I quote the eBay blurb: "This 9.25" x 7.75" rectangular mousepad is…

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1990? Gray medallion of Ivan Krylov as in his famous statue in St. Petersburg. Porcelain? Verso with symbols including a dramatic mask, a lyre, a laurel wreath, and text. $20 from an unknown source, Sept., '18.

The writing on the back includes…

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1960? Bronze medallion of "Le Lion et le Rat," signed by Alber(t) de Jaeger. Slightly over 2¼" diameter. The title of the fable is above an illustration of the netted lion, below which are the first two lines of the poem. The verso contains the fable…
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