Set of Nine Tableware Implements, 1920

Item

Identifier: CFC2019.0140.1

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

1920

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

Additional Description

Abstract

There is even a strainer to hang on the wall rack. The set, with a grey background, features three motifs in red-and-black coloring: The Tortoise and the Hare: The hare reads the paper while the tortoise trudges by. The Fox and the Crow: The crow in a tree holds a large cheese suspended above the fox's mouth. The Fox and the Stork: The fox raises a paw to a tall bottle in which the stork has his beak. 1. The Fox and the Crow Platform, 2¾" square 2. The Tortoise and the Hare Large Round Platter, 4¼" in diameter 3. The Tortoise and the Hare Wall Rack, 4" x 6¼" 4. The Fox and the Crow Small Plate (x3), 3" in diameter 5. The Fox and the Stork Small Plate, 3" in diameter 6. The Tortoise and the Hare Small Plate (x2), 3" in diameter.