Belgian Cote d'Or Chocolate Tin, 1960

Item — Box: CFC Cans and Tins Box 2

Identifier: CFC2018.0058.1

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

1960

Extent

4¼" Linear Feet : Belgian Cote d'Or chocolate tin. 4¼" x 3½" x 3¼" high. FC. ; 4¼" x 3½" x 3¼"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$15 from Dany Wolfs, Roesalare, Belgium, April, '01.

Appraisal

This blue tin presents FC well. On the cover is the decisive scene of the fox flattering and bowing. Just below is the scene, visible here, just prior to that moment, for here the crow is landing, and the alert fox takes notice of his arrival with the cheese. On the short side to the right the crow sings. On the longer side the fox, with cheese in paw, lectures the crow. On the last short side, the dejected crow weeps. The tin is in good condition. Dany tells me that this tin is hard to find.