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Fox and Stork button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.16

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

  • 1890

Extent

1 Items (FS button, 1" in diameter, with celluloid background) ; 1" in diameter

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Latin

From the Collection: French

From the Collection: German

Abstract

Here a brass-colored band seems to be folded over the hook-bearing celluloid back and the bronze and black metallic front of the button. The stork has its long beak in the vase while the fox looks on. Apparently in the same set as the two 3/4" FS buttons. Apparently #16 on Plate 152 in BBB.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$7.99 through Ebay from Maryalice Ditzler, Delta, PA, April, '99

Repository Details

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

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