Boxed Old French Story Blocks 5 x 3 · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Boxed Old French Story Blocks 5 x 3
Description: 1920? Set of 15 six-sided picture cubes illustrating fables. Slightly larger than 1½" on each cube's side. In the original box? "Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing"; "Horse and Mule"; "The Fox and the Goat"; GA, FS; and an image involving a grasshopper and a rabbit. €35 from choupette-fr through Ebay, March, '24.

This set is particularly fascinating because it is so similar to a set, probably contemporary with it, that features four columns of five blocks, not three columns. The pictures are identical. These sets make use of a common set of chromolithographs from the early 20th century. One of its images, as I mentioned there, raises a question: Which fable presents a grasshopper and rabbit? Shipments from France cost a great deal these days. This was a case in which the shipment cost more than the item.
Date: 1920?
Source: €35 from choupette-fr through Ebay, March, '24.
Subject: Toys and Games See all items with this value; Story Blocks See all items with this value; The Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing See all items with this value; The Horse and the Mule See all items with this value; The Fox and the Goat See all items with this value; The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value; The Fox and the Stork See all items with this value