1990? Clay pipe featuring FG. 5". Unknown source.
The fox seeks the grapes right at the joint of the stem with the bowl. In an unusual turn, the fox here needs to go down to get the grapes. This pipe is fragile. It has already been broken once.
1960? Two puzzle blotters from Claverie, Paris, "La Grande Maison de la Ceinture et du Corset." 3¾" x 6¼". TH and MM, each with a "riddle" of finding a hidden character or two. The verso of each includes a fuller text advertisement for Claverie in Faubourg Saint-Martin. $5 each from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '02.
The lower half of each portrait-formatted blotter is a colored fable illustration. The upper half mentions Claverie as setting the viewer a riddle. A few of the fable's opening verses occur. The image for MM includes her shoes. Can you find them both? TH includes a hidden tortoise.