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1997 Figures of walking tortoise (#7) and sleeping hare (#13) with runners' numbers. The former is 2½" long, while the latter is 3" long. $5 each from Fredda Ecker of Rainbow Miniatures at NY flea market, April, '97.

On a Sunday in Chelsea, I…

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1998? Crystal Fruit Tree. 3½" in diameter at its base and 3½" high. Made in China. FineGift. $2.95 from Buyers & Sellers, Fairchild, WI, through Ebay, July, '00.

Two little foxes with golden ears, noses, and tails read up toward the purplish…

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2000 Statuette of FG. 2½" x 3" x 4¼" high. Made in China. Dundee, MI: Young's Inc. $5.50 from David Fulk, Mt. Airy, NC, Jan., '01.

How nice to see that people keep on making things reminiscent of fables! The box even tells the fable on two of…

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1995 "Aesop's Fables": "This is a Little Wooden Book." 054. Wooden book containing four fable character pairs. DS; TMCM; GA; and TH. Each piece signed "Anita." Unknown source and time of acquisition.

What delightful, exquisite work! The…

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2000? Three fable canvas tapestries. 7¾" x 17½". FC, LM, and WL. $26.73 from "Une madeleine de Proust," Villennes-sur-Seine, France, through Etsy, Oct., '22.

Three delightful presentations! I wonder if the maker had patterns to work from or…

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1985 8 cotton fabric panels by Juliette Mairel. Paris. 18.5" x 15". Brown, Cream, Yellow, Black. $9.95 each -- except for FG for $7.50 -- from tmoney417 on Ebay, Sept. '21.

I find the illustrations exceptionally well done. The creator,…

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1950? Set of 8 different La Fontaine fables embroidered large linen cocktail napkins. $270 from Curated Store through Ebay, Feb., '20.

Here is another surprise. I hope these were never used as napkins! My first and second attempts to…

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1995? Aesop's Fables Felt Activity Book. Made in the USA. Salem, Utah: The Story Teller. $17.95 from The Story Teller Felt, Healdsburg CA, Nov., '97.

I found and ordered this curiosity at a craft fair in Sonoma County. The materials are here to…

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1995? Aesop's Fables Felt Activity Book cloth. Uncut. 37½" x 30½". Made in the USA. Salem, Utah: The Story Teller. $10 from an unknown source, April, '20.

Somewhere along the way I acquired the whole felt single unit from which scenes and…

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1900? Two long tapestries formed from panels presenting fables of La Fontaine. About 10' x 18". Backed substantially. Gift of Gay Wirth of Wirthmore Antiques, New Orleans, August, '18.

In the 1980's I visited, among other New Orleans antiques…
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