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Repaired ABC plate

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Title

Repaired ABC plate

Description

1880? Repaired ABC plate 7½" in diameter. Various patterns encircle the alphabet displayed on the plate's rim. On its inner circle in capitals are "Æsop's Fables" above and "The Fox and the Grapes" below a pleasing design of a fox walking away from grapes hanging from a tree. Maker unknown. $24.99 from Cindy Schneider, Wellington, OH, through Ebay, Oct., '00.

Here is a much better exemplar than the plate I had found earlier. The colored design in the middle is very well preserved. Repairs have been made to reinstate a smaller piece from about 10 and 11 o'clock and a larger piece extending from 11 to 4 o'clock.

Source

$24.99 from Cindy Schneider, Wellington, OH, through Ebay, Oct., '00.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“Repaired ABC plate,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed January 7, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1391.

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