"Ye stork inviteth ye fox to dinner" Plate, Registration

Item — Carton: CFC Artifact Box 3

Identifier: CFC2021.0546.1

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

Other: Registration

Biographical / Historical

Registration markings on the back of the plate. Diamond Rd stamp tells that the plate was registered on March 12, 1979. Orange-red writing on the back of the plate that reads 2 1373 and the katakana symbol for 'bi', unsure of context. Lastly there is a stamp on the plate that reads 'Copeland B4'.

Extent

10 1/4" Linear Feet ; 10 1/4" in diameter

Language of Materials

English

Japanese

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

£9 from Franklin Giles, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK, through eBay, Sept., '11.

Appraisal

The lively and beautifully colored picture spreads across the center of the plate onto its rim. Print outlines the illustration to the upper right. A floral branch circles the rest of the plate. The artist's moment here is the revenge moment: the stork gets back at the fox by offering food only he can reach. There are several small chips around the edges. The trademark seal on the back is joined by a lovely image from the fable world: two pots sailing on a river. The "Rd" of the trademark is here surrounded, clockwise from the top, by 12, Y, W, and 12, with IV over the whole mark.