English Matchboxes · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: English Matchboxes
Description: 2000? Set of five English matchboxes, each with a black-and-white image on one face and the corresponding fable text on the obverse. "AV 30." Made in Japan. Cornish Match Company, Cornwall, St. Ives, GB. $50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.

A quick guess says that these are Bewick illustrations. The fables presented are OR, TH, CP, AD, and "The Countryman and the Snake."
Source: $50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.
Date: 2000?
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