A&S 541 Perrette et le Pot au Lait, Set of 5, 1910

Item — Box: CFC Postcards Box 1

Identifier: CFC2021.0060.1-5

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.

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Dates

1910

Extent

5 Cards : Complete set of 5 colored photographic postcards of the story of Perrette and the pot of milk. A&S editions #541.

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

This is an unusual set in that it takes its own tangent off of La Fontaine's famous fable. As I understand the text, Perrette – first named in the fourth of five cards -- a "fermière, séduisante et coquette," is on her way to market with a large pot of milk on her head. On the way she dreams of a "corsage" that will be paid for by the milk she will sell. Alas, a false step destroys her charming projects! Perrette is weeping when a young, good looking man comes up and consoles her. As they sit close together in his wheelbarrow, she hears her heart tremor and follows a new dream of happiness. The cards do a good job of highlighting her pink apron and his blue-and-white striped shirt.