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Fables de La Fontaine - Rare Book Illustrated by Gustave Doré - 1868
By Gustave Doré
Located in Roma, IT
Fables is an original modern rare book Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry, 1621 – Paris, 1695
Category
1860s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Etching
Coalport Porcelain Plate, Green Fables Pattern Drinking Stag, Georgian ca 1805
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
pattern is called the "Fables" pattern as the whole dessert service had various images of the famous
Category
Early 1800s English George III Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare Set of 9 French Fable Cartoon Posters by Benjamin Rabier
By Benjamin Rabier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A whimsical and rare set of 9 French posters depicting 'Le Fables de la Fontaine en Action' by
Category
Early 20th Century French Fable Antique
Hand-Painted Aesop
s Fables Animals on Antique French Porcelain Plate C-1825
Located in Katonah, NY
Four beautiful scenes from Aesop's fables adorn this marvelous plate.
It was made in France circa
Category
Early 19th Century French Rococo Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Fables of Aesop, First Stockdale Edition, 1793, in a Fine Binding, 2 Vol
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: AESOP.
Title: The Fables of Aesop, With a Life of the Author.
Publisher: London
Category
1790s British Fable Antique
Materials
Leather
Pair of Charming Engravings By Guillaume Dubufe "Ant and Cicada" from Jean De La Fontaine Fables
By Guillaume Dubufe
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Color highlights. According to the famous Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Gilt wooden frames
Category
19th Century French Fable Antique
Hen with the Golden Eggs – Félix Bracquemond Etching on Japan Paper, c.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Fontaine’s Fables. Bracquemond (1833–1914), one of the foremost French etchers of the 19th century and a
Category
Late 19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
Arthur-Eugene Archambaut "Le Héron et l’Escargot" Vermeil Buckle
Located in London, GB
A well documented Art Nouveau buckle illustrating the fable of 'The Heron & the Snail'.
The moral
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Vermeil
18th c. Louis XVI Aubusson Bergeres
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incredible Bergeres with Original Fable Aubusson
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Fable Antique
Materials
Wood
18th Century Aubusson Pillow
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century fables of fontaine tapestry fragment.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Fable Antique
A Whimsical and Rare Set of 7 French Posters by Benjamin Rabier
By Benjamin Rabier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A whimsical and rare set of 7 French posters depicting 'Le Fables de la Fontaine en Action' by
Category
Early 20th Century French Fable Antique
French Antique bronze sculpture of two mice
egg by Isidore Bonheur 1880
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze sculpture of two mice and an egg by Isidore Bonheur. After the fable by Jean de La
Category
Early 19th Century French Romantic Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
18thc. Period Louis XVI Aubusson Parlour Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fabulous 18th c. Aubusson Set depicting The fables of Fontaine
Attributed to Claude Sene
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Fable Antique
"Les Deux Rats et L
oeuf" Bronze Inkwell signed Aigon
Located in Dallas, TX
a patinated bronze inkwell with two rats and an egg (as ink pot) from the fable by Jean de La
Category
19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
Hommage à la Fontaine, 18th Century, Academic, French School, Figurative drawing
Located in Paris, FR
for his Fables.
The young man - a writer ? - pays a visit to his bust. The young lady on the left
Category
1790s Academic Fable Antique
Materials
Ink
Antique Neoclassical Fireplace Mantel Style in Jasper and Statuary Marbles
Located in London, GB
depicting Aesop's Fable, Dog and Shadow. The tale depicts a dog crossing a river via a wooden bridge
Category
Early 1800s British Neoclassical Fable Antique
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of 18th C. Aubusson Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These are early Aubusson tapestry pillows depicting cartouches of Aesops Fables. One depicts the
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Fable Antique
Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure
De La Fontaine
from
Les Grands Hommes, 1784
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Essex, MA
on a gnarled tree on which a vine with grapes is climbing. On his knee is the manuscript of the fable
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Bronze Vase with Rabbit Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Raised rabbit jumping over waves, a reference to a Japanese fable (called the Hare of Inaba) in
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
"The Raven
The Fox" Richly Carved Walnut Vitrine, French Work 19th Century
Located in Beaune, FR
Superb and unique vitrine in walnut richly carved on the theme of La Fontaine's Fables "The Crow
Category
19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Walnut
7 pieces 19th c. Louis XVI period Aubusson tapestry living room set
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
blind-man's-buff and Jean de la Fontaine fables
. Armchairs : 16,5" seat height (42cm) x 35,8" high
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Pair of Georgian Gainsborough Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Aesop's Fables, the square backs over padded arms with stop fluted details and carved rosette ends over
Category
1760s English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Tapestry, Mahogany
Late Victorian Large Gold Witches Ball
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
fitting.
Witches ball have a mysterious history with many fables and tales as to why and what they were
Category
Early 20th Century English Fable Antique
Materials
Blown Glass
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Era Chandelier
Located in Kramfors, SE
fable animal. There's an additional candleholder in the middle, used for burning the last stumps. Minor
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Fable Antique
Materials
Brass
Naive Oil Painting Fairytale French 19th Century Unsigned Artist Marie Pol
Located in Labrit, Landes
19th century oil on canvas Naive School
Original painting of a Fairytale or Fable
One of a pair
Category
1860s French Folk Art Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas
18th-Century Creamware Whieldon-type Large Molded Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th-Century Creamware Whieldon-type Large Molded Tea Caddy,
Fauna & The Aesop's Fable of The Fox
Category
1770s English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
19th c. 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 Fable Antique
19th Century Bronze of Bear and Squirrel
Located in Winter Park, FL
on the bear's paw and appears to be whispering in his ear. Perhaps a scene from a children's fable
Category
Early 19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Large Staffordshire Bull-Baiting Group
By Obadiah Sherratt
Located in Downingtown, PA
to his dog.
On page 139, the author illustrates a Thomas Berwick engraving for Gay's fable, The
Category
1820s English Folk Art Fable Antique
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Pair of Continental Three-Panel Wood Framed and Painted Canvas Floor Screens
Located in Southampton, NY
Each shaped panel painted on the obverse with reserves of Aesop's Fables, the reverse with stylized
Category
Early 20th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Fireback of the Fox and the Grapes
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French fireback of the fox and the grapes. An Aesop fable.
One summer day a fox
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Six Louis XVI Fauteuil En Cabriolet Original Tapestry and Paint
Located in valatie, NY
Aesop’s Fables, raised on reeded turned and tapered legs with turned sabot feet.
These
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Fable Antique
19th Century Fireback of the Fox and the Grapes
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French fireback of the fox and the grapes. An Aesop fable.
One summer day a fox
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Chateau Banner
Located in Chicago, IL
. Originally part a series of banners depicting scenes from Jean de La Fontaine's collected "Fables". A gold
Category
Late 18th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Linen, Wood
19th Century Fox in the Vineyard Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
After the fable of the fox and the stork by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). The fox invites the
Category
19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Fox and the Stork Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French fireback with the fable of the fox and the stork (Jean de la Fontaine, 1621
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Mid-Georgian Style Fireplace in White Marble
Located in London, GB
A mid-Georgian style fireplace in white marble, the carved tablet illustrating Aesops fable. The
Category
19th Century English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Marble
Hand Carved Arts
Crafts Gothic Revival Chair Signed and Dated 1903
Located in Peabody, MA
magical orange tree of the fable. One engraving even features George appearing to roast and eat portions
Category
Early 1900s North American Arts and Crafts Fable Antique
Materials
Oak
18th/19th c. Fire Grate with 17th c. Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Fireback depicts a fable of Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695).
The fox invites the stork to eat out
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Rococo Fable Antique
Set of Giltwood 4 Fauteuils and 4 Side Chairs with Aubusson Upholstery
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Dubai, AE
back and seats depict scenes from Aesop's Fables.
There is a long tradition of manufacturing
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Statuary
Siena Marble Fireplace of 18th Century Palladian Design
Located in London, GB
Aesop's fable of ‘The Three Foxes' framed by sienna. This is flanked by panels decorated with white Greek
Category
18th Century British Palladian Fable Antique
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
French
The Wolf and the Dog
Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
French fireback with a wolf and a dog after the fable of the wolf and the dog (Jean de la Fontaine
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Nine-Piece Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Tapestry Suite
Located in London, GB
an oval depicting figures and animals in the manner of Aesop’s Fables, the canape back with the oval
Category
18th Century French Neoclassical Fable Antique
Materials
Giltwood, Tapestry
19th Century French
Fox and the Grapes
Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireback of the fox and the grapes. An Aesop fable.
One summer
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Chelsea Porcelain Red Anchor Period Vine-Leaf Botanical Dishes, circa 1755-1758
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
8 inches deep x 2 inches high.
Reference:
Flowers And Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain
Category
1750s English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Red Anchor Period Vine Leaf Botanical Dish, circa 1755-1758
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
deep x 2 inches high.
Reference:
Flowers And Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain, 1745-69
Category
1750s English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Fortune and the Boy, Plate 74
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
format paper, signed by the artist.
References And Exhibitions:
From: La Fontaine, Les Fables (100
Category
1920s Fable Antique
Chinese Export Porcelain Dish with Grisaille Decoration
Located in Katonah, NY
is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum In New York and illustrates La Fontaine's fable, on
Category
1740s Chinese Chinese Export Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Large Japanese Edo Period Imari Bowl with Rabbit Design, Early 19th Century
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Austin, TX
fable about justice, repentance, and compassion.
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French
The Fox and the Grape
Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French fireback with the fox reaching for the grapes. Fable of the fox and the grapes
Category
19th Century French Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Antique Turkish Silk Kayseri Rug
Located in New York, NY
emotions. The elements in the piece seem to come to life, almost as if they belong in a fable. The faded
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Fable Antique
Materials
Wool
Antique French Louis XV
the Fox and the Stork
Fireback, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
18th Century French Louis XV fireback which depicts the fable of the fox and the stork (Jean de la
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Antique French Louis XV
The Fox and the Stork
Fireback, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
18th century French Louis XV fireback which depicts the fable of the fox and the stork (Jean de la
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
Pair of Restauration Purple Opaline Medici Vases
By Jean-Baptiste Desvignes
Located in Paris, FR
subjects are drawn from the Fables of La Fontaine. The decor is done by Jean-Baptiste Desvignes. Good
Category
1820s French Restauration Fable Antique
Materials
Amethyst, Ormolu
$13,553 / set
19th Century French
The Cobbler and the Financier
Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th Century French Napoleon III period fireback.
The fable of the cobbler and the financier
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
19th Century French
The Cobbler and the Financier
Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
The fable of the cobbler and the financier (Jean de la Fontaine 1621-1695). A financier's troubled
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
French Art Nouveau
Wolf and Dog
Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
20th century French Art Nouveau fireback with the fable of the wolf and the dog (Jean de la
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Iron
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