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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
BACCANALE IN THE FOREST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
scenes from the realm of fable and allegory as well as symbolic images.
These also illustrate the
Category
1890s Symbolist Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 19th Century Victorian Coco De Mer Box, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
the Indian Ocean, its suggestive form leading to all sorts of legendary fables. Many were collected by
Category
19th Century Seychellois Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Coconut
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach
Located in Downingtown, PA
) are a common symbol in Chinese art, appearing in depictions or descriptions in a number of fables
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Fontaine Figure, French, Bronze, Statue, After Ernest Rancoulet
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
from the fable by Aesop
Signed to the rear as 'Rancoulet'
This is a fascinating antique seated
Category
Early 20th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Bronze
Italian Wine Cellarette by Barbetti
Located in New Orleans, LA
piece is of the exceptional caliber for which Barbetti is famous. Details of Aesop's fable serve as the
Category
19th Century Italian Fable Antique
Materials
Walnut
Huge Snuff Box, tobacco, smoking, Ceramic, Figural, Fox Fairy Tale, End 19th C
Located in Wien, AT
above "MALEPARTVS" can be read. This alludes to a German fable written in the 18th century (also edited
Category
1890s European Belle Époque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Victorian Brass Mounted Coco-De-Mer Tea Caddy, circa 1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
form leading to all sorts of legendary fables. Many were collected by seafarers and gifted to royalty
Category
19th Century Seychellois Fable Antique
Materials
Brass
Lady Rose and Fly - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
fable by delicate and precise strokes, through wonderful imagination and sensibility, featuring animals
Category
1850s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Mr. Parrot - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
plate.
Good Conditions.
With the note in French on the rear.
The artwork illustrated animal fable by
Category
1850s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Belle Époque Austrian/Viennese Group of Bronze Sculptures of Band/Musician Frogs
Located in North Miami, FL
fascination with fantasy and fable while showcasing the exceptional craftsmanship of late 19th century
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Fable Antique
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Theatre scene. Knight Atop A Ship With Sword Raised. 1929 ca
Located in Firenze, IT
Fontaine's Fables for Éditions Giraud Ivoire in 1943
Category
1920s Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Wood, Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
C1650 Medieval Silver Signet Ring Of Pelican in Her Piety and Religious Symbols
Located in Baltimore, MD
Pelican in her piety refers to the medieval fable of the pelican drawing blood from her breast to feed her
Category
1660s British Renaissance Fable Antique
Materials
Silver
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene" 218cm x 174cm
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 "Hunting 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 "Hunting 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 "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 "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
17th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Vase"
Located in Madrid, ES
motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749), Giove e Licaone, olio su tela, 1730 ca.
By Alessandro Magnasco
Located in Como, IT
in the 1950 about.
The depicted subject is taken from the fables of Ovid (43 B.C. - 18 A.D.), texts
Category
Early 18th Century Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emmanuel Cocard. Fairy Tale Scene Of A Knight With A Young Woman On Horseback.
Located in Firenze, IT
illustrated La Fontaine's Fables for Éditions Giraud Ivoire in 1943.
Category
1920s Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, circa 1916
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver’s Tales. Presented alongside the text, his
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1910s American Fable Antique
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos " Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Opaline Crystal Cup with Birds
Located in Paris, FR
, Desvignes made small illustrative scenes from the fables of La Fontaine, in delicate shades of blue, ochre
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Fable Antique
Materials
Opaline Glass
20th Century English Made Coco De Mer Nut Mounted Box c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
all sorts of legendary fables. Many were collected by seafarers and gifted to royalty and noblemen who
Category
Early 1900s English Fable Antique
Materials
Coconut
Dissertation Upon Roasted Pig
By Frederick Stuart Church
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
depicts the ancient Chinese fable about the discovery of cooking. Image size: 4.25" x 6.25". Beautifully
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Pygmalion, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
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
Ixion, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
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
H.W. Batley Gillows
Co an Aesthetic Movement Walnut
Gilt Secretaire Bookcase
By Gillows of Lancaster
London, Henry William Batley
Located in London, GB
thuya wood.
Stamped 'Gillows 13165'
Last image from
Hand painted Polychrome and Gesso with The Fables
Category
Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Fable Antique
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Antique Chinese Export Silver Presentation Cup
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
design became highly popular in the late 18th century and by the early 20th century the fable had
Category
Early 1900s Hong Kong Chinese Export Fable Antique
Materials
Silver
Derby Porcelain Candlesticks decorated with Hen and Chicks
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
possibly related to the Aesop's fable, The Cock & the Jewel-
A Cock was busily scratching and scraping
Category
1760s Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Les Fleurs Animées - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Daphné et Apollon, from "Temple des Muses" - Etching by B. Picart - 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
Phaeton Foudroyé par Jupiter - Etching by B. 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
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1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Magnificent Painting by Guido Reni, 18th Century School "Roman Lucretia" H:218cm
By Guido Reni
Located in Madrid, ES
throughout the ages.
But who is Lucretia, really? How true is what she lived? Half moralizing fable, half
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Paint
Acteon, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
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
Iphis - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Large 19th Century French Oil Painting. Paris Salon 1845. Jean de la Fontaine.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
the painting.
The Contes (or fables) of Jean de la Fontaine were very popular in eighteenth-century
Category
1840s French School Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Living Room Set Louis XV
Located in Buxton, GB
Aubusson has woven gallant scenes, and a fable of a wolf dressed as a huntsman.
Crafted in France in the
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Fable Antique
Materials
Tapestry, Giltwood
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by Percy Tarrant, 1890
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
various newspapers. Her first book under her own name, Flower Fables, a collection of fairy tales
Category
1890s English Victorian Fable Antique
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Lacloche Freres Art Deco Diamond and Platinum Bracelet, circa 1930
By Lacloche Freres
Located in London, GB
including a range of pendants and bracelets inspired by the classic La Fontaine’s fables.
Lacloche Frères
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Civil War Regimental Flag with a Dramatic Wartime Eagle
Located in York County, PA
, where it appears in his fable "Four Oxen and a Lion." In early America, it first appears in "The Liberty
Category
1860s Fable Antique
Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter, a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686 - 1755
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in PARIS, FR
Comique and then for La Fontaine's Fables.
A prolific artist, Oudry delivered numerous commissions in
Category
1710s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Aesop
s Fables - 1793 Stockdale ILLUSTRATED EDITION, Bedford binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Aesop (S. Croxall transl.)
The Fables of Aesop; With a Life of the Author; and Embellished with one
Category
Late 18th Century English Fable Antique
Materials
Leather, Paper
English Antique Woodcut Engraving, Robert Henryson prose Aesops Fable
By Henry Clarence Whaite
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, late 15th century). The poem was also known as "The Twa Mice" - an adaptation of Aesop's Fable "The
Category
1920s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Woodcut
Old Lion Insulted, antique animal fable etching by Samuel Howitt
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
19th century etching by Howitt from a series depicting fables. Samuel Howitt was highly regarded for
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Fable Antique
Materials
Engraving, Etching
First Period Worcester Porcelain Fable Plate, Lord Henry Thynne Pattern
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Downingtown, PA
First period Worcester porcelain fable plate,
Lord Henry Thynne Pattern,
Painting in Jefferyes
Category
1770s English Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Penguin Island - Animal Fable - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Penguin Island - Animal Fable is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Dog, cock and fox, antique animal fable etching by Samuel Howitt
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
19th century etching by Howitt from a series depicting fables. Samuel Howitt was highly regarded for
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Fable Antique
Materials
Engraving, Etching
English George III Satinwood Inlaid
Aesop
s Fables
Tea Caddy, circa 1800
Located in Kinderhook, NY
satinwood veneered oak case with Kingwood, boxwood, and ebony inlaid borders and 'Aesop's Fables' themed
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Fable Antique
Materials
Brass
1920s Silver-Plated Knife Rests with scenes from Jean de la Fontaine
s Fables
By Jean de La Fontaine
Located in London, GB
a scene from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), a famous French poet and fabulist of the
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Silver Plate
The Fox and the Grapes (from Les Fables De La Fontaine) by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
This tender Marc Chagall etching illustrates La Fontaine's fable The Fox and the Grapes, part of
Category
1920s Expressionist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Art Nouveau boxwood whistle depicting a smiling face, France end of 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
la Fable (Minerva fights the fable). France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Horn, Boxwood
Le Chien qui Porte à Son Cou le Diner de son Maître
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series ”Les Fables de La Fontaine“.
Image dimensions
Category
1920s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
The Satyr and the Traveler
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in the plate
From: La Fontaine Fables
Edition 200 printed on Montval paper
Signed
Category
1920s Fable Antique
English Blue
White Plate Stag 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
English Blue
White Plate Rabbit &Turtle 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
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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.