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1970? Williamsburg Wooden Checkers. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Produced by The Charles H. Overly Studio, Harvard, Mass. Gift of the Lytton family, Dec., '84.
In these replicas of eighteenth-century wooden checkers, the black pieces may well illustrate the story of the stag whose antlers got caught in the trees. The "browns" certainly illustrate MSA. Notice the miller and son carrying the ass across the top of the piece. At the right, the two ride together, while onlookers on the left criticize them. "Esopus" marks both pieces.
1900? Set of 24 wooden checkers. Tan and black. Differing designs on one side of each. In a Marshall Fields box. Unknown source.
These are so worn that it is often difficult to make out what fable is being presented. Oh, to find some listing of them online that would make sense of the numbering system at the bottom of each. On the tan checkers, the verso is always "Stag at the Pool" (if that is indeed the right name for this common verso). The black and tan sets are identical -- and both deeply worn.
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Stag Pursued by Dogs | |
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Caged Bird? | |
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Juno and Peacock | |
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Foxes in Pursuit? | |
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OR? | |
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MSA | |
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Man Asks Woods for an Axe-Handle | |
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War-Horse and Mule | |
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Lion and Fox | |
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FK? | |
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BF | |
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Two Men and a Dog at a Tree? | |
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WL | |
