La Corbeau et le Renard Plate, 1965

Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 11

Identifier: CFC2023.0046.1

Staff Only

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

1965

Extent

1 Plates : Smaller set of five colored Luneville plates ; 7½" in diameter

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

The designs here are mirror opposites of those on the colored Keller and Guerin plates just above. They also lack the golden stripe inside the rim. I continue to find these designs delightful, not least the tortoise and hare on their bicycles! After some negotiating and finally purchasing these lovely plates, I discovered the other similar Keller and Guerin plates and thought "Oh, no! I just bought things we already have!" Not true, as I found out when I opened them and compared. I would rather be lucky than good!