Chocolate Wrappers
Russian Chocolate Wrappers
To my surprise, Krylov's fables are a favorite theme for naming and wrapping Russian chocolate candy. Evgeny Ponomar has found many examples for me. Each wrapper costs about $13. Seven others came for about $10 each from T.B. Pomeshinkova, from Samarika, Russia, through Ebay, perhaps in 2018., I presume that they are all of fairly recent vintage. I have wrappers from several series and also several individual wrappers.
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Individual Chocolate WrappersIndividual Russian chocolate candy wrappers in the collection represent several different brands. -
Krasniy OktybroKrasniy Oktybro delivers "Krylov Fables" chocolates in three sizes: 20 grams, 18 grams, and 15 grams. We have one of the first sort, two of the second, and one of the third.. -
Rot FrontFour labels come from smaller pieces – 18 grams --of chocolate. The color scheme is different on each, though the format remains the same. By contrast with the larger chocolate bars above, these wrappers seem to be shut, as though the top and bottom have become pasted together. I have not had the heart to re-open them! One verso below gives a sense of the similar siblings. -
Rot FrontThe large sizeis about 3⅜" x 6" and contains 100 grams of chocolate. This closed wrapper is so strong that I offer the verso as well. -
Rossia GoldBesides the large maroon wrappers, Rossia also offered gold wrappers in two different sizes: 8½" x 8" (100 gram) and 6¼" x 6" (50 gram). We have two of the former and one of the latter. -
Meenpeesheprom (?)I have had trouble deciphering the company and place on these two large (7¾" x 6") wrappers, both for 100 grams of chocolate. -
Rossia MaroonThese four large (8½" x 8") wrappers include a lovely fable picture, which I offer here in each case as a detail. Do not miss what I believe is a double fable representation in the last wrapper. I believe that the artist is representing two fables at once. Might the human figure there suggest even a third fable?