Copeland Rd Plates and Cake Pedestal
Scope and Contents
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 imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1996
Extent
From the Collection: 800 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: German
Abstract
Here are four plates and one cake pedestal, all acquired separately, that bear the clear stamp of coming from the same manufacturer. In fact, the manufacturer has several clear symbols on the back of his work. Still, the manufacturer's identity escapes me. The common theme is that "the" is transformed here into "ye" on three of the five pieces. The cake pedestal has a date inscribed on a sticker on its base: "1879" and I take that as a first clue. One seller identified his plate as "Copeland" and I take that as my second clue. I look forward to identifying the manufacturer better with the help of the seals on the bottom of the three items, and so I produce them here.
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository