English Matchboxes
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Title
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English Matchboxes
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Description
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2000? Set of five English matchboxes, each with a black-and-white image on one face and the corresponding fable text on the obverse. "AV 30." Made in Japan. Cornish Match Company, Cornwall, St. Ives, GB. $50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.
A quick guess says that these are Bewick illustrations. The fables presented are OR, TH, CP, AD, and "The Countryman and the Snake."
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Source
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$50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.
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Date
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2000?
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Subject
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The Oak and the Reed
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The Tortoise and the Hare
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The Crow and the Pitcher
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The Dove and the Ant
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The Countryman and the Snake
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Boxes
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Matchboxes
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English Matchboxes
