Oyster & Litigants Card Set, 1895

Item

Identifier: CFC2022.0070.1

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

1895

Extent

.25 Linear Feet : Liebig S455: Five cards of a six-card set dramatizing the story of "The Oyster and Litigants."

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

I had not known of this set, perhaps because there is no reference to La Fontaine or fables on this picturesque set. There is reference to Perrin Dandin on the fourth card. The only text of the story is the one-line description at the bottom of each card front. The verso offers tributes to Liebig, recipes, and "Conseils a la Maitresse de Maison." There are also seemingly unrelated human figures in black and white, sometimes carrying a Liebig product. Now to find that sixth card, #5!