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Crow and Pitcher Flower-Pot-Hanger, 1939

 Item — Box: CFC Hangers Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0020.1

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

  • 1939

Creator

Extent

1 Linear Feet : Crow and Pitcher Flower-Pot-Hanger. Wooden, four pieces, painted crème and black. Liberty, Maine: Liberty Giftcrafters. ; 12" x 10½" x 3".

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Latin

From the Collection: French

From the Collection: German

Abstract

Now here is something of whose existence I was simply unaware! A slightly torn slip pasted to the wall side describes this, apparently, as "Crow & Pitcher Flower Vasette for Decorative Hanging Plants & Cut Flowers and Artificial Flowers. Copyright 1939 by Liberty Giftcrafters." There is then a picture of the crow and pitcher above the "Legend of the Crow & Pitcher from Aesop's Fables." The text used here does not come from any version I recognize. Maine Emporium describes it as vintage folk art.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$25 from The Maine Emporium, Bowdoinham, ME, through Ebay, Feb., '00.

Creator

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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