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Bronze Wolf and Crane button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.38

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 (1 bronze WC button. Paris: Solidaire Bte SGDG, A P & Cie, Paris.) ; 7/8" in diameter.

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The same in motif motif as the Gotbuttons larger button with these differences: this is brass, smaller, and marked with "Solidaire Bte SGDG" rather than "Breveté" on the back. The metal of this button shows less relief than that of others I have, and the button is thus considerably brighter. This button has the same construction as that, including the self-shank. This specimen seems to be that presented as #11 on Plate 152 of BBB.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$12 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

Repository Details

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

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