The Fox and the Grapes · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: The Fox and the Grapes
Description: 1890? One small FG brass button, 5/8" in diameter, showing only a close-up of the fox's head, a couple of pieces of wood crossed, and grapes and leaves hanging overhead. A P & Cie, Paris. $10 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

This button again takes a different artistic conception of the theme. It can be hard to read except up very close, partially because of its smaller size. BBB Plate 154 #19, which says of it "The well defined brass design is cut out and mounted over a background of grey pearl; tinned steel back and brass wire shank" (378). The BBB illustration may actually show the button upside-down, since it ends up with the grapes below the fox!
Source: $10 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.
Date: 1890?
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