2000? Wineglass "Zum gemütlichen Fuchsbau." .25 liter. 4.5" high. Unknown source.
Maybe best translated "At the cozy fox's den." This standard German wineglass led me to try to pin down which Fuchsbau might have used this glass. There are too many Fuchsbaus in Germany! Foxy bars and restaurants can have trouble keeping the fox away from the out-of-reach grapes!
1750?/1970? Williamsburg Wooden Checkers. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Produced by The Charles H. Overly Studio, Harvard, Mass. Gift of the Lytton family, Dec., '84.
In these replicas of eighteenth-century wooden checkers, the black pieces may well illustrate the story of the stag whose antlers got caught in the trees. The "browns" certainly illustrate MSA. Notice the miller and son carrying the ass across the top of the piece. At the right, the two ride together, while onlookers on the left criticize them. "Esopus" marks both pieces.
2011? "A Fable," broadside designed and printed by hand on handmade paper by André Chaves. "Another Poet's version of The Raven presented to the Zamorano Club." Clinker Press. 10¼" x 16". $80 from Oak Knoll Books, Oct., '21.
In 2011 Chaves at the Clinker Press produced a version of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven." Might this broadside of Cowper's poem have been a companion piece? Dramatic work on a poem surrounded by a repeated printer's design involving a raven. The fable is about a mother raven who fears for her newly laid eggs in the storm and is then relieved -- only to have "neighbour Hodge" come the next morning to steal the eggs to give to his girlfriend. "Fate steals along with silent tread, found oft'nest in what least we dread."
1960? Box of 4 "Fables de La Fontaine" cardboard puzzles. TH; FC; GA; and MM. Artist: J. Robion. Willeb Ref. #1748. €12 from lesvieuxbidules through Ebay, Sept., '20.
These are spirited illustrations of fables. The animals about which Perrette dreams are sitting or standing along the path. Both grasshopper and ant are curious mixtures of human and animal. The tortoise is apparently crawling or flopping over the ribbon marking the finish line. The sturdy cardboard puzzles, about 6¾" x 9½", are in excellent condition, perhaps never taken apart. The box itself has suffered more wear. Included are same-sized images of the puzzles' scenes. Since there are four puzzles involved and their pictures are unusual, I have made a separate page for this set, to be found by clicking on the cover image.
