La Fontaine's Fables in Play
- Book-Related Toys
- Wooden Checkers
- Coloring Book Boxes
- Felt and Flannel Board Materials
- Friction Toys
- Kidk'nex Story Pals Building Sets
- Litho-Cardboard with Wooden Stand
- Lottery Games
- Other Games
- Le jeu des fables
- La Fontaine's Fables in Play
- Matt Kneipp Cutout Domino Game
- Le Jeu des Fables by Cocard
- Old Fables in New Rhymes
- French Educational Matching Game
- Il Gioco delle Favole by Enzo Mari
- "The Tortoise and Hare": Louis Marx Company
- Tortoise and hare checkers board game made in China
- "Hare and Tortoise" by David Parlett, made in Germany
- "Fairy Tales and Fables J-I-N-G-O" printed in China
- "Fables de La Fontaine: Memory"
- Matryoshkas
- Music Boxes
- Paper Scenes to Cut Out and Mount
- Picture Puzzles
- Puppets
- Racers
- Rubber Stamps
- Small Sculptures and Knickknacks
- Toy Theaters
- Soft Sculptures/Plush Figures
- Story Blocks
- Other Wooden Toys
- Other Toys
1830? La Fontaine's Fables in Play. Vienna: M(atthias) Trentsensky/London: A & S Joseph Myers & Co. 23 lithographed cardboard figures, including six without wooden stands. Original box. Unknown source.
This is one of the great antiques in our collection! Some of the stand-up two-dimensional figures are beautifully done. Set XI apparently still has all five pieces: two of the stag, two of dogs, and one of a trumpeter. XI is clearly SW, with its rider in the wind, a sweating man, and a horse without rider. XIV features a seated man and an ass loaded down. XV has a loaded wagon, perhaps looking for a man praying to Hercules? XVI has a man reaching out and a tree with bushes. XVII has a lonely shepherd and XVIII a man with a stick. Might the other figures come from different sets? What a lovely treasure! The box is marked $400.
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