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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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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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