Jeujura Old French Story Blocks 5x4, 1950

Item — Box: CFC Story Blocks Box 1

Identifier: CFC2021.0516.1

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

1950

Extent

8.75" Linear Feet ; 8.75" x 7" x 2"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

1950? Set of 20 six-sided picture cubes illustrating fables. Jeujura. Slightly larger than 1½" on each cube's side. TH; GA; WL; OF; MM; and FC.

Here is another lovely and well-used set of story blocks, complete with five complete pictures to work from. Jeujura is still making wooden toys today after something like a century of productivity. The artist cleverly works the chicken, pig, and cow into the picture for MM. I think the artist finds GA’s ant friendlier than La Fontaine does!