Kempenaar Oriental French - Series A, 1900

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 4

Identifier: CFC2018.0451.1

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

1900

Extent

3 Cards : Three cards from a series of 12 each presenting La Fontaine fables in an oriental style. Imp. J.E. Goossens, Brussels."

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

These cards are as beautiful as their larger counterparts. Each the three in this Series A has a counterpart in the Bon Marché Oriental set that I have. While those cards are 4" x 5½", these are 3¼" x 4 7/8". These cards add an oval in the lower left: apparently a man with a pitchfork and a seated woman are both drinking Elixir De Kempenaar. The border of each card has its own intricate golden pattern. The cards of this "A" series are numbered "4" (WC), "9" (FC), and "10" (CJ) in the lower right of the picture side. "Elixir De Kempenaar" is on both sides of each card. The verso of each has "Imp. J.E. Goossens, Brussels," and the text of its fable. These cards, as opposed to those in the other two French series from Kempenaar, have consistently shaped boxes for the fable title on the front side. All three of these cards have "Serié A (12 fables) No. 1" on the verso!