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2019 Bookmarks of Erlesenes Bookshop in Vienna. Three bookmarks, gifts of Erlesenes, August, '19.

Visiting this bookshop was one of the most refreshing of my fable-seeking adventures. I noticed online an unusual volume that they were offering:…

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2020? Page mark with illustration of FC. $14.98 from La Fee Bulleuse, Besancon, France, through Ebay, Dec., '20.

Fine work typical of Etsy craftspersons. This is our first bookmark with a cabochon!

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1992 Itty-Bitty TH time clock. 3½" wide and 2½" high. Battery operated. United Design Corp. $5 from Ben Huey, McAlester, OK, through Ebay, Nov., '00.

The tortoise and the hare flank the face of the timepiece. One battery seems to last a very long…

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1910? Bronze (?) letter opener 12" long with a maximum width of almost 1½". The handle is a fox; on the blade are the grapes which the fox seeks. $49.99 from Dyan Wilder-McClure, Newport, OR, through Ebay, Dec., '99.

Exquisite metal work! The fox…

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I have found two sets of Jean Vernon medallions, 2½" and 1½" in diameter. They come from a variety of sources and tended to range between $30 and $75 apiece.

For the 2½" medallions, two sources have been John Wiersma in Holland in Sept., '03,…

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1950? Five bronze medallions depicting fables of La Fontaine. Artist: Jean Vernon. Nothing on the verso. Three came for $31 or $32 each from James Johnson, Tucker, GA, through eBay, August, '05. Two-sided medallion of La Fontaine and his muse for…

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1980? Two 2 1/2" medallions by Charles Virion of La Fontaine fables. "The Cat, the Weasel and the Hare" and "The Animals in the Plague." The latter for $60 from herefordius through Ebay, August, '20.

These medallions are very similar in format…

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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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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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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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