The Goose Which Laid Golden Eggs, 1880
Scope and Contents
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
- 1880
Creator
- Maw & Co. (Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 800 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: German
Abstract
These tiles are done in a brown-and-white format. I cannot specify the artist while I am away from my collection, but the images seem so familiar! Each tile is signed "COM." So far I have two tiles in a series reported to include twelve tiles. The miller in The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass is so serious! For me the greatest interest in The Goose with the Golden Eggs lies in the surprise on the woman's face as she looks on.
General
Two tiles, The Goose with the Golden Eggs and The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass, done by Maw & Co. $75 each through Ebay from Howard Zar, Oct., '99.
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository