1880? A white-colored platter 10½" x almost 9½". Inside of a surrounding pattern of branches and grapes on the platter's ledge is an image featuring a fox and a stork. The back of the platter shows two simple registry marks and an indented name, apparently Brown-Westhead, Moore and Company (in existence from 1861 to 1904). The "Moore" portion is indistinct. $50 from Shirley Perry, May, '00.
This is a heavy platter. There is a shallow plate in front of the protagonists and narrow vases in the background. Shirley dates this and the larger platter below to 1858-82. There are chip repairs at the right-hand "carrying" end. The "Moore" portion of the indented name is indistinct.
1950? Antique white needle lace table runner, possibly a Point de Venise style. “Fox and Goat” and perhaps FG? 56” x 16”. Unknown source.
Am I right in identifying “The Fox and the Goat” at the center? In the fable, there is not, I believe, a moment where they would be facing each other this way. Generally, the fox is already in the well when the goat comes by, and, when the fox escapes with the goat’s help, he leaves the goat behind in the well. Are those two mirror-image foxes on the edges looking at and longing for grapes?
1980? White metal FG casting ready to be made into a brooch. 85 exemplars. 1¾" from top to bottom. $10.49 from Joseph Cairo, Johnston, RI, through Ebay, August, '00.
I thought I was bidding on one item made up of 88 parts. Imagine my surprise when a heavy box came with eighty-eight such pieces. I gather that each is waiting for a hand to paint it and for a pin to be laid across the support mounted on the back. Click on the image to see a larger version.
1980? White metal FG casting ready to be made into a brooch. 85 exemplars. 1¾" from top to bottom. $10.49 from Joseph Cairo, Johnston, RI, through Ebay, August, '00.
I thought I was bidding on one item made up of 88 parts. Imagine my surprise when a heavy box came with eighty-eight such pieces. I gather that each is waiting for a hand to paint it and for a pin to be laid across the support mounted on the back. Click on the image to see a larger version.
1962?/90? Whistler's Moose. Volume 7 of "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle." Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Home Video. $3.15 from George Gates, Paragould, Arkansas, through Ebay, Feb., '00.
The "Aesop & Son" portion here is "A Mice Trapped Cat."
