Tortoise and Hare Ceramic Salt and Pepper Shaker, 1990

Item — Box: CFC Salt and Pepper Shakers Box 1

Identifier: CFC2018.0223.1-2

Staff Only

Tortoise and Hare Salt and Pepper Shaker Set

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

1990

Extent

3" Linear Feet : Tortoise and Hare salt and pepper shaker set. Apparently made in China by Albert Price Products. ; Hare is 2.5" tall and turtle stands 1.5" tall

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

I am delighted to have found these! My MLS fable class immediately declared them cute, and they are right. The grape-colored rabbit, running with one leg upraised, stands 2.5" tall with three holes. He looks back to see if the turtle is catching up with him. The green-and-brown turtle stands 1.5" tall with two holes. Both original corks are present and intact. The coloring is simple, and the two poses are perfect. I suppose the turtle is moving, but you would not know it!