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The Crow and the Pitcher Platter, 1835

 Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 4
Identifier: CFC2020.0050.1

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 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

  • 1835

Creator

Extent

.66 Linear Feet : Spode ashette or medium-sized platter picturing "The Crow and the Pitcher" in their series "Aesop's Fables." ; 8½" x 6"

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

As with each 19th-century Spode piece I see, the design here is exquisite. I would have to check with the sort of people who ran Downton Abbey to know just when an ashette like this would be used, but it would be lovely, even though I wonder about people taking food off of platters showing crows and rocks!

Immediate Source of Acquisition

£28 from newcowper through Ebay, Nov., '19.

Source

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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