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The Grasshopper and The Ant, Set of 4 Buttons, bulk: 1960 - 1969
Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 5
Identifier: CFC2021.0206.1
Abstract
The surprise with these button cards is that the fable illustration – clearly taken from one of La Fontaine's most beloved fables in each case – has nothing perceptible to do with the buttons! The fable is never named. The verso provides either the lot number, always beginning with "975-22" but then varying for two further digits, or these lot numbers plus a short promotion of the buttons in French and English. While cataloguing these seven cards received from Moriceau Esméralda, I found...
Dates:
Issued: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
The Lion and the Mouse; Set of Six Buttons, bulk: 1960 - 1969
Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 5
Identifier: CFC2021.0206.2
Abstract
The surprise with these button cards is that the fable illustration – clearly taken from one of La Fontaine's most beloved fables in each case – has nothing perceptible to do with the buttons! The fable is never named. The verso provides either the lot number, always beginning with "975-22" but then varying for two further digits, or these lot numbers plus a short promotion of the buttons in French and English. While cataloguing these seven cards received from Moriceau Esméralda, I found...
Dates:
Issued: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969