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La Belette entree dans un Grenier, 1910
Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 11
Identifier: CFC2022.0083.2
Abstract
The blue illustrations inside a black floral-animal circular frame on these crème colored plates are adventuresome "translations" of the fables into human situations and events. Some of the human scenes depicted here are hard for me to decipher. Is the dog's plight in DW that he lives in a spare room in the attic? Is the promenading wife in FG looking down on others she could have married? Has the hookah-smoker taken over a whole room in his host's house? Will the child bothering the...
Dates:
1910
L'ane et le Petit Chien Plate, 1910
Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 11
Identifier: CFC2022.0083.3
Abstract
The blue illustrations inside a black floral-animal circular frame on these crème colored plates are adventuresome "translations" of the fables into human situations and events. Some of the human scenes depicted here are hard for me to decipher. Is the dog's plight in DW that he lives in a spare room in the attic? Is the promenading wife in FG looking down on others she could have married? Has the hookah-smoker taken over a whole room in his host's house? Will the child bothering the...
Dates:
1910
Le Corbeau et le Renard Plate, 1910
Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 11
Identifier: CFC2022.0083.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can...
Dates:
1910
Le Renard et le Buste Plate, 1910
Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 11
Identifier: CFC2022.0083.4
Abstract
The blue illustrations inside a black floral-animal circular frame on these crème colored plates are adventuresome "translations" of the fables into human situations and events. Some of the human scenes depicted here are hard for me to decipher. Is the dog's plight in DW that he lives in a spare room in the attic? Is the promenading wife in FG looking down on others she could have married? Has the hookah-smoker taken over a whole room in his host's house? Will the child bothering the...
Dates:
1910