1991? Portrait-formatted colored painting get-well card. The front shows a mouse in a robe, with slippers on its feet and a steaming pot of tea at its side. "Country mouse…or city…" reads the outside caption, to be finished inside with "Happy Healing!" Ambassador: Hallmark 135ZF 323R. Gift of Vera Ruotolo, July, '92.
I would never have thought that Aesopic fables would appear in the world of get-well-cards, but here one is!
2000? Tote bag from the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. DEM 5 from the library, July, '01.
The reproduction on this tote bag features the same image used on the cover of the library's publication Fabula Docet, namely the illustration for "The Wolves, Shepherds, and Dogs" in Ulrich Boner's Der Edelstein (1461). Click on the image to see an enlargement.
1979 Tortoise Running Relay Race. Schmid 0215. Pewter. Made in USA. Unknown source.
What an energetic turtle! I searched a long time on the web to find a companion figure of a hare. Perhaps this is none. After all, this turtle is running a relay race!
2000? Tortoise Hand Puppet. Folkmanis, Inc., Emeryville, CA. Gift of Maureen Hester, Dec., '16. One extra exemplar.
The tag on this puppet tells TH in a different from Aesopic form. This is the story in which the hare constantly sees tortoise ahead of him. Of course, the tortoise had alerted his relatives the night before to come out and walk through the riverbed when they heard the hare coming. This puppet is the right size for an adult hand. All four legs have room for fingers. The tortoise shell has a good stiffness to it.
1997 Tortoise and the Hare. 160 piece puzzle. Artist: Don Daily. 15½" x 11½". Made in USA. No. 97040. Salem, NH: F.X. Schmid. CFC 2020 0153.1. Unknown source.
This is about as elaborate a start of the TH race as I have seen! What a huge cast of characters! The trappings of the race along with the large congregation of animals make for a good puzzle. It was not easy! I had never thought of checkered pants for the hare. The top hats of two of the birds are among the best touches.
