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Original Antique Print of a Wild Boar and a Lion, 1811
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Langweer, NL
originates from a series depicting fables by Samuel Howitt. Samuel Howitt was an English painter, illustrator
Category
Early 19th Century English Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Parcel-Gilt Vase by D
C Houle
Located in New Orleans, LA
the Greek fable the Judgment of Paris, in which Trojan youth Paris chooses Aphrodite as the fairest
Category
19th Century English Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Silver
Antique Sevres Style Porcelain Hand-Painted
Gilt Mounted Urn Table Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
; they could be named after the fable by Jean de La Fontaine, published in 1678. The upper half of the
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Fable Antique
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Large Japanese Imari Rabbit Bowl, Meiji Period, mid 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
Japan turning from barbarism to civilization. The legend serves as a fable about justice, repentance
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Antique William Morris
Squirrel
Merton Abbey Jacquard-Woven Wool Tapestry
Located in Milan, IT
Grape’, a name derived from Aesop’s fables) was designed by Dearle in 1898, and was woven at Merton
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Fable Antique
Materials
Wool
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(12) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(12) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles, 16th Century (1530/1550) Very Rare Collection Items
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
16th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Venetian Early 20th Century Ceramic Reynard the Fox Chess Set
Located in Doha, QA
Reynhard the Fox series of medieval German, Dutch, English and French fables.
The Set is made out of
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
English Blue
White Plate Rat Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead,
Moore
Located in Austin, TX
21 rue Drouot Paris.
Fontaine / Aesops Fables
English Losange mark.
Category
1890s English Country Fable Antique
Materials
Faience
French 19th Century Framed Fox Tapestry
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
traditions in retelling classic fables. This tapestry may be based on Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, the precursor
Category
19th Century French Other Fable Antique
Materials
Wool, Wood
19th - 20th Century French
The Cobbler and the Financier
Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Late 19th or early 20th Century French Napoleon III period fireback.
The fable of the cobbler and
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
English Blue
White Plate Eagle
Frog 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
17th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Gibbons of Folklore
Located in Hudson, NY
gibbons in Japanese fables. The left panel represents a Japanese fable of a monkey and a crab warning
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Fable Antique
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Knight "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
English Blue
White Plate Rooster
Cat 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 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
19th Century, French, Cold Painted Bronze on Onyx, Tortoise
Hare
Located in Dallas, TX
classic Aesop's fable of the swift rabbit racing the slow but determined tortoise. The message of the
Category
1870s French Belle Époque Fable Antique
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Victorian Sterling Silver Three-Piece Bachelor Tea Service
By George Richards Elkington
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
the late 18th century and by the early 20th century the fable had influenced an opera and silent film
Category
1860s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Reclaimed Victorian Style Fireplace Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Aesops fable scene.
Category
Early 20th Century Fable Antique
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
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
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
18th 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
18th 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
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejo " Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "The Boy and the Dog"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Lady "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel " Vase "
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Troubadour"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Countryside"
Located in Madrid, ES
the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" The Virgen"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Spring"
Located in Madrid, ES
the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Vases"
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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th 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
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "River Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Original Antique Print of Old Lion Insulted
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Old Lion Insulted'. This print originates from a series depicting fables by
Category
Early 19th Century Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$265 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Royal Dux Centerpiece Bowl, Aesop
s Fisherman
His Flute by Hampel
By Royal Dux
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dux bowl "The Lovers". The centerpiece is a rare design depicting Aesop's fable, the Fisherman and
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
$410 Sale Price
29% Off
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
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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.