1926 Three blotters almost 4" x 9" for the months of May, June, and July, 1927. The blotters advertise "Remembrance Advertising." Apparently the maker of this series is C.W. Bloom of Brown & Bigelow on Milk Street in Boston. $20 apiece from Carolyn Dias of Norfolk, VA, through eBay, Jan., '06.
Each long landscape-formatted blotter has a fable on the left. May has two beavers chipping away a bringing down a tree, with the moral "Whatever you do--do it with all your might." My, what things are attributed to dear old Aesop! June shows a monkey swinging upon a huge cluster of bananas, with the moral "Heaven helps those who help themselves." July has the same picture and moral that I have seen elsewhere: "Pride goes before a fall," with a scene depicting two dogs.
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.
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.
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?!
