2023 Thirteen more stickers from redbubble.com. Nov., '24.
Etsy artists continue to turn to fables for ideas. I may be late to the craze for stickers!
Muddled Fable, AJSRPrints, $5.61
Satyr and Peasant Family, Jan Steen, 1662, $6.61
FG by Bibblued, 2.5", $9.18
FC, by Panagis, 2.7", $1.66
TMCM by Stephanie Smith, 2.9", $1.60
LM Respect Patch, Emily Congdon, 2.9", $1.73
FG by Stephanie Smith, 2.7", $1.60
TH by Sarah Rudge, Queensland, Australia, 3.8", $2.39
The Satyr and the Peasant by Jacob Jordaens, 3.2", $1.60
"Don't Trust Flatterers," ninied, 3.6", $1.73
"Fable of the Hares and the Frogs," Tom Seidmann-Freud, 3.6", $2.26
DS, c. 1310, A APART T, 3.5", $2.26
Shanzabeh in the Pasture, c. 1310, A APART T, 3.7", $2.26
Muddled Fable, 8.5" x 8.5". AJSRPrints, $9.17
1970? Seven French sterling "Fables of La Fontaine" thimbles, likely produced by Lenain in the 1970's. Six for $360 from Industrial-Blonde, Houston, TX, through Ebay, May, '19. Bertrand (monkey) and Raton (cat) thimble for $52.51 from Alpha Gold Exchange, Baltimore, MD, through Ebay, Nov., '19.
I am delighted at last to get a group of fable thimbles. Thimbles appear from time to time on Ebay, but apparently there are so many thimble collectors that they drive the price up. I was happy to get these as a group: MM; WL; FS; TH; "The Wolf Turned Shepherd"; and "Two Pigeons." Photographing such small things proves to be a challenge! My sense is that these are imitations of the 1900 originals produced by Maison Lorillon. Photos on the web suggest that, while the Lorillon series may have been large – perhaps twenty? – the later Lenain series may have included only about eight Since "Red Riding Hood" is not a fable, the fable set here includes seven. A few months later, I was lucky to find the only one not found in that purchase, "Bertrand (monkey) and Raton (cat)." I believe that this completes the fable portion of the 1970's set. Comparison of the Lorillon and Lenain productions on the web suggests that the Lenain imitations, like these, follow the patterns of the Lorillon originals but are less distinct. Several of these have distinct Lenain signs (crossed L's that come out looking like an "X") and a size number, here '10.'
1950? Thermos picturing TH. $2 from Sara B. Jones, Sarasota, FL, through Ebay, Sept., '00.
Pink rims at the top and bottom frame a white-background picture of the tortoise crossing the finish-line while a blue bunny runs to catch up. What will I find next?!
1927 Theo. S. Buerger & Son, Inc. Wholesale hosiery, knit goods, underwear, and ready-to-wear. Buffalo. Gift of Thomas Beckman, Nov., '94.
April, 1927 calendar titled "Aesop's Fables," with a good, round-top illustration of John Rae's "The Dog and His Image" and the moral "Never risk a certainty for an uncertainty." The illustration may have appeared first in Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks (Adapted from the French of La Fontaine. Written by W.T. Larned. Illustrated by John Rae. Chicago: P.F. Volland Co. 1918). See my reprints of the book under 1918/35? and 1918/50.
