1890? 1 brass button depicting Doré's illustration of "The Little Fish and the Fisherman," 3/4" in diameter.
Identical with the Goldbarg button described above, except that this lacks the silvered finish. Like the Goldbarg button, it is sketchier in design than the Larner button of the same size; and of course it lacks the silvered finish.
1890? 1 button depicting Doré's illustration of "The Little Fish and the Fisherman," 3/4" in diameter.
This is a one piece pressed brass button with a silvered finish and a loop shank. At first it appears to be identical with the Goldbarg button of the same dimensions, but it includes so much more detail that I think it might have been produced independently.
1890? 1 button depicting Doré's illustration of "The Little Fish and the Fisherman," 3/4" in diameter.
This is a pressed, one-piece silvered brass button in fair to good condition. Like the larger Wiedeman exemplar of the same scene but less distinct, this button adapts Doré's illustration of La Fontaine's V 3 ("Le petit Poisson et le Pêcheur") well to the circular form. In fact, even the backs of the two buttons are remarkably similar.
1890? One one-piece pressed brass button with a silvered finish depicting Doré's illustration of "The Little Fish and the Fisherman," 1 1/8" in diameter.
This is a pressed, one-piece silvered brass button in excellent condition. The illustration adapts Doré's illustration of La Fontaine's V 3 ("Le petit Poisson et le Pêcheur") well to the circular form, changing some things around the man, who is clearly in the posture and attitude that Doré had given him. BBB Plate 153 #12. I continue to be amazed at what people have made out of fables!
1900? Paper puzzle woven from strips of paper. “The Little Fish and the Angler. F.N. Paris. $30 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.
This individual tissage is particularly well done, and it comes to the collection thoroughly intact.
