French Wooden Puzzle and Stacking Toy, 1980

Item — Box: CFC Wooden Toys Box 2

Identifier: CFC2021.0517.1

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

1980

Extent

8" Linear Feet : French wooden puzzle and stacking toy based on Aesop's fables. One fable image on each of the four sides: MM; "The Heron"; FC; and TH. 8" high and 3½" square. ; 8" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

Ingenious and delightful! I wonder if this is a "one-off" created just once. Or was it a manufactured toy made many times over? Ten "storeys" make up four different images. Watch out! Solving one side does not solve the others! Of course, getting the solution "wrong" makes for some surprising characters!