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English Blue and White Plate Heron Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead,
Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.
Fontaine / Aesops Fables
English Losange mark.
Category
1890s English Country Fable Antique
Materials
Faience
English Blue
White Plate Fox and Stork Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead,
Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.
Fontaine / Aesops Fables.
English Losange mark.
Category
1890s English Country Fable Antique
Materials
Faience
English Blue
White Plate Fox and Stork Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead,
Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.
Fontaine / Aesops Fables.
English Losange mark.
Category
1890s English Country Fable Antique
Materials
Faience
English Blue and White Plate Hare and Frogs Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead,
Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.
Fontaine / Aesops Fables
English Losange mark.
Category
1890s English Country Fable Antique
Materials
Faience
"La Discord." (The Goddess, Discord).
By Félix Bracquemond
Located in Plano, TX
the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Printed on the full sheet of imperial japon paper. Issued by
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Die Fabeln des Jean de La Fontaine and Die Erzählungen des Jean de La Fontaine
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Jean de La Fontaine, Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen
Located in valatie, NY
1.) Die Fabeln des Jean de La Fontaine (The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine) Munich: Georg Müller
Category
Early 19th Century German Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 Chrome-Plated Knife Rests by the French Illustrator Benjamin Rabier
By Jean de La Fontaine, Benjamin Rabier
Located in London, GB
Vache Qui Rit ).
Each knife Rest is signed by Benjamin Rabier and representing a scene of the fables of
Category
1920s French Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Chrome
Curious Arts
Crafts Handmade Wood, Fabric and Fringe Pendant, circa 1920
Located in Houston, TX
subject matter. Each cut wood panel features a silhouette depicting a scene from an Aesop's Fable
Category
1920s German Arts and Crafts Fable Antique
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Les Danaïdes, from "Le Temple des Muses"
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
book of Ovid's most popular fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
The drunkard and his Wife
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series “Les Fables de La Fontaine”.
Image dimensions
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Les Deux Pigeons (Two Pigeons) - Original Etching by Marc Chagall - 1927-1930
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 29.5x24 cm.
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series "Les Fables de La
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Antique Set of Rustic Hunters Cutlery with Hand Carved Horn Handles
Located in Berghuelen, DE
animals are carved after caracters of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine. germany circa 1900. measures of
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Fable Antique
Materials
Metal
Le Loup plaidant contre le Renard par-devant le Singe
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Fables de La Fontaine".
Excellent conditions.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing
Category
1920s Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
19th Century Fox and the Stork Fireplace Grate, Fire Grate
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Fireback depicts a fable of Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695).
The fox invites the stork to eat out
Category
19th Century British Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
Le Cerf se Voyant dans l
Eau - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1952
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints (plus 100 not signed).
From the series “Les Fables de La
Category
1920s Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk, Blue, Great Size
Located in Evanston, IL
Amazing antique Persian Sarouk carpet with: rich colors, fine quality, Fables design, excellent
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Farahan Fable Antique
Materials
Wool
LE PAON SE PLAIGNANT A JUNON - The Peacock Complaining to Juno
By Marc Chagall
Located in Santa Monica, CA
(Cramer books 22)
Etching from “Fables de la Fontaine” Edité par Vollard / Tériade en 1952. The
Category
1920s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Le Lion s
en Allant en Guerre - Original Etching by Marc Chagall - 1927-30
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
. Hand-numbered and signed in pencil on lower margin. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series "Les Fables
Category
1920s Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
L
Enfant Et Le Maître Décole (The Child and the School Teacher)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chagall, 1927-1930
Signed in the plate lower right (see photo)
From La Fontaine Les Fables (100 plates
Category
1920s French School Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
19th Century French Silver Plated on Copper Jewelry Box with Repoussé Hunt Motif
Located in Dallas, TX
sides that feature "Fables de la Fontaine" stories: "Le Loup et l'Agneau", "Le Renard et la Cigogne" and
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Satyr Landscape Jordaens Flemish Paint Oil on canvas 18 Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antichità Castelbarco SRLS is proud to present:
The Satyr and the Peasant (from Aesop, Fables
Category
18th Century Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
Mr.Wolf Hood Saluting Mrs. Hen and Her Husband-Lithograph by J.J Grandville-1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Mr.Wolf Hood Saluting Mrs.Hen and Her Husband - Animal Fable is an original lithographs on ivory
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Le Déluge, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
The Penguin King - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated animal fable by delicate and precise strokes, through wonderful imagination and sensibility
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Antique Bronze Sculpture Sitting Pig, Signed L.Carvin, Around 1910, Susse Frères
By Louis-Albert Carvin
Located in Greven, DE
through episodes from la fontaine fables, but also occasionally wrote some genre scenes.
His submissions
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
Androcles and the Lion, Fine Old Master Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
ascribed to Aesop's Fables. It is numbered 563 in the Perry Index and can be compared to Aesop's The Lion
Category
17th Century Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
Combat d
Hercule, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Early 20th century French Auguste Vimar Horse and Bulldog Bronze Statut, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
illustrator.
He is best known for his talents as an illustrator. He illustrated great classics like Fables by
Category
Early 1900s French Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Leather Book Liquor Box with Shot Glasses and Carafes
Located in Dallas, TX
J. Domat", the next one "Florian Fables", then "Jean Richepin, Miarka" and finally "Ministere de
Category
Early 20th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Leather, Glass
Sisyphus Is Stone
from
The Temple of the Muses
— 18th Century Engraving
By Bernard Picart
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
fable of the ancient world, many from Ovid. The text is by Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais, Cohen de
Category
1730s Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Engraving
Les Champs aux Premières Clartés by Adolphe Martial-Potémont - Mid 19th century
By Adolphe Martial-Potémont
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition held in Paris in 1867.He is best known for his 57 plates illustrating the fables of Jean de la
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Antique Hand Carved Oak Stair Rail Newel Post with Ogre Sculpture
Many Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and top quality carved stair newel post from the 1800s with a fabulous fable creature.
This
Category
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Revival Fable Antique
Materials
Oak
Bee
s Bakery - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Conditions.
With notes on the rear in French.
The artwork illustrated animal fable by delicate and precise
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Mrs. Wolf in Sleeping Robe Recording Mr. Wolf by J.J. Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
artwork illustrated animal fable by delicate and precise strokes, through wonderful imagination and
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Lithograph
The Boss Crocodile - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
.
Good Conditions.
With the note in French on the rear.
The artwork illustrated animal fable by
Category
1850s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Cupid
Psyche
Located in London, GB
of the Fables of Aesop, published by John Lane at The Bodley Head in 1926. She also illustrated
Category
Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
La Basse Court
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
the La Fontaine's Fables, realized by Marc Chagall during the second stay in France (from 1923 to 1941
Category
1920s Contemporary Fable Antique
Materials
Drypoint
Antique Dog Painting “The Bulldog and the Fly” ca. 1900 Auguste Vimar
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Fontaine's Fables or books by his friends, such as L'Arche de Noé by Paul Guigou He also authored and
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Sleepy Dog Awakened by Singing Rooster - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
lower.
Good conditions with minor stain.
The artwork illustrated animal fable by delicate and precise
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Lover Mr. Cat Peeking through Window Miss. Cat by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
minor stain.
The artwork illustrated animal fable by delicate and precise strokes, through wonderful
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Dog Painting Collies in Horse Stable w/ Saddle and Blanket, 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
illustrated great classics like La Fontaine's Fables or books by his friends, such as L'Arche de Noé by Paul
Category
Early 1900s Realist Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Villager and the Snake
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
part of a series "Les Fables de la Fontaine" and was printed in 1952 in a limited edition of only 85
Category
1920s Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Hercule et le Taureau, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Victorian Silver Child
s Cup
By Joseph Angell I
John Angell I 1
Located in London, GB
referencing nursery rhymes or traditional fables, and later the inclusion of gothic style cues like this
Category
1840s English Gothic Fable Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
17th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel " Vase "
Located in Madrid, ES
stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel " Vase "
Located in Madrid, ES
of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
La Toison d
Or - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
La statue de Memnon, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
perfect conditions.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Lycaon, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
La Lune et Endymion, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Les Géans - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
of Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths, published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Narcisse - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Le Palladium, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picard - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
conditions.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Aristée, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Les Enfants de Niobé - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
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Fable Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate fable antique for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Old Masters style, while we also have 76 Old Masters versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect fable antique may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right fable antique is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes white, gray, beige and brown. Creating a fable antique has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jean Jeacques Grandville, Bernard Picart, Marc Chagall, J. J. Grandville and Samuel Howitt are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paper, lithograph and etching — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small fable antique measuring 1.97 high and 1.78 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 48 across to better suit those in the market for a large fable antique.
How Much is a Fable Antique?
The price for a fable antique in our collection starts at $44 and tops out at $85,000 with the average selling for $158.