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Other Glasses

1990? Two tall water glasses with bold black designs and morals.  FG and TH. 

The inspiration for the FG design looks very much like Artzybasheff's squirming fox.  The moral is, I would say, surprising: "Don't try to fool yourself."  I gather you will not succeed.

The hare is nicely slumped over as he sits leaning against a tree.  The TH moral is a clever adaptation of the usual moral: "Slow but sure is quickest in the end." 

The inspiration for the FG design looks very much like Artzybasheff's squirming fox.  The moral is, I would say, surprising: "Don't try to fool yourself."  I gather you will not succeed.

2000? Wineglass "Zum gemütlichen Fuchsbau."  .25 liter.  4.5" high.  Unknown source.

Maybe best translated "At the cozy fox's den."  This standard German wineglass led me to try to pin down which Fuchsbau might have used this glass.  There are too many Fuchsbaus in Germany!  Foxy bars and restaurants can have trouble keeping the fox away from the out-of-reach grapes!

 

 

 

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