Aesop's Fables, Illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1916
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Aesop. Aesop’ Fables. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1916.
Vintage 1910s English Books
Fabric, Paper
Aesop's Fables, Illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1916
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Aesop. Aesop’ Fables. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1916.
Fabric, Paper
Early 19th Century Pine Fireplace Featuring Aesop's Fable
Located in London, GB
The carved centre plaque depicting the Aesop's fable of "The Dog and Its Reflection." The frieze with swags and floral garlands with tied ribbons to side panels.
Pine
$4,404
Edward Bawden: 'Aesop's Fables: Peacock and Magpie' 20th century linocut print
By Edward Bawden
Located in London, GB
A delightful print illustrating Aesop's fable of the Peacock and Magpie. In the fable, the birds are searching for a king, and the Peacock puts himself forward.
Linocut
Pair of Aesthetic Movement Cast Fire Inserts with Mintons Aesop's Fables Tiles
By Thomas Jeckyll, Minton, John Moyr Smith
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of Aesthetic Movement cast iron fire inserts, each with twelve Minton tiles, printed in blue and white with comical designs by John Moyr-Smith from Aesop's Fables. The d...
Iron
A BWM Majolica Jug Depicting 'The Fox and the Grapers' Aesop's Fable, ca. 1876
By Brown-Westhead & Moore
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Majolica Jug Depicting 'The Fox and the Grapes from Aesop's Fables, with a molded and applied fox to each side and glazed in deep cobalt blue, the top portion with yellow trellis-wor...
Majolica
Les Fables d'Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe [Aesop's Fables, 1708]
Located in Middletown, NY
Vol. 2 contains fables 79–117, as well as French prose translations of further fables without illustrations: 18 numbered fables by the Renaissance Italian humanist poet and scholar F...
Gold Leaf
1722 Fables of Aesop and Others
By Samuel Croxall
Located in Bath, GB
The very scarce first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop, illustrated throughout and in a handsome full calf binding.
Paper
Price Upon Request
The Grasshopper and the Ant
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Story from Aesop's Fables. Edition of 9
Bronze
Price Upon Request
City Mouse and Country Mouse
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Story from Aesop's Fables Edition of 9
Bronze
Price Upon Request
The Hare and the Tortoise
By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Hare and Tortoise from Aesop's Fables engaged in a sack race.
Bronze
Reclaimed Victorian Style Fireplace Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
The backplate depicting an Aesops fable scene.
Iron, Wrought Iron
$468Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Antique Royal Dux Centerpiece Bowl, Aesop's Fisherman & His Flute by Hampel
By Royal Dux
Located in New Orleans, LA
The centerpiece is a rare design depicting Aesop's fable, the Fisherman and his Flute. Bowl is in good condition with only one minor paint chip and no cracks.
Porcelain
English Blue & White Plate Rat Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Was sold in the Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris. Fontaine / Aesops Fables English Losange mark.
Faience
English Blue & White Plate Eagle & Frog Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Was sold in the Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris. Fontaine / Aesops Fables English Losange mark.
Faience
English Blue & White Plate Rooster & Cat Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Was sold in the Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris. Fontaine / Aesops Fables English Losange mark.
Faience
English Blue & White Plate Hare and Frogs Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Was sold in the Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris. Fontaine / Aesops Fables English Losange mark.
Faience
Charles X "The Serpent and The Eagle" Ormolu Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles X "The Serpent and The Eagle" Ormolu Clock, circa 1830, the circular dial with strike on bell movement, signed "Charles a Paris", surmounted by the serpent and the eagle from...
Bronze, Ormolu
The Fox and the Lion
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stout" on upper right Artist Statement "I drew and painted a series of Aesop's Fables that featured foxes. This was one of my favorites."
Ink, Watercolor, Board
Sterling “the Fox and the Grapes” Shears
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Fox and The Grapes is one of Aesop's fables. The story concerns a fox that tries to eat grapes from a vine but cannot reach them.
Sterling Silver
Large and Unusual 19th Century Craquelure Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
Johnson took inspiration from Aesop's fables, and the goat is a creature that featured in several of these tales.
Giltwood
FABLES OF AESOP & Caxton's AESOP – OFFICINA BODONI, with hand-colored plates
Located in Middletown, NY
OFFICINA BODONI / Aesop. (William Caxton, translator) Full title: FABLES OF AESOP Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zuc...
Gold Leaf
Painting of Birds, Attributed to Marmaduke Craddock
Located in Essex, MA
The painting depicts a tale from Aesops Fables, "Jackdaw and Peacock Feathers". The fable relates the story of a crow that adorns himself with peacock feathers to make himself more b...
Canvas
Well Carved Antique English Statuary White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual English marble fireplace with beautifully carved Aesops fable centre panel depicting the story of the Fox and the Stalk.
Statuary Marble
Fabled Fox and the Pheasants Diamond Emerald Ruby Sapphire Gold Necklace
Located in Montreal, QC
Inspired by Aesop's Fable. The Necklace features a Diamond Bejeweled Playful Fox chasing two Pheasants embellished with Sapphires and Rubies through Emerald laden green leaves.
Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Whi...
Antique Decorative Fire Back, English, Fireplace Reflector, Victorian, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
An English, cast iron relief fireplace reflector with Fox and Stork motif after Aesop's fable, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Iron
Barry Kieselstein Cord Sterling Silver Pendant Tortoise and Hare 2007
By Barry Kieselstein-Cord 1
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
This limited edition sterling silver pendant is a whimsical nod to the classic Aesop fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare' by Barry Kieselstein - Cord, noted American artist, designer an...
Sterling Silver
1918 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter
By Beatrix Potter
Located in Bath, GB
'The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse' is based on Aesop's fable 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse', following a country mouse and a city mouse who visit one another in their own homes.
Paper
$4,900
Rococo Giltwood Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
This clock is a visual representation of Aesop's fable of the stork and the wolf wherein the stork happened upon a wolf with a bone stuck in its throat.
Giltwood
$1,750 / set
Vintage Boho Patinated Metal Obelisks - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The square pedestal bases are the true delight, featuring intricate high-relief panels depicting the classic Aesop’s Fable, "The Fox and the Grapes," with a fox gazing up at trellise...
Metal
Set of 18th Century Transfer Printed Liverpool Delft Tiles
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Ex. private British collection, these decorative antique tiles are each transfer printed with scenes from three of Aesop’s Fables, including Two Travellers and a Bear (top), The Gees...
Clay
19th Century, French, Cold Painted Bronze on Onyx, Tortoise & Hare
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French cold painted bronze on onyx ~ tortoise & hare is a charming depiction of the classic Aesop's fable of the swift rabbit racing the slow but determined tortoise.
Onyx, Bronze
Price Upon Request
"Jungle Beast" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Big Cat Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
$73Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Hand-Colored Print of the Labyrinth of Versailles, c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
The labyrinth of Versailles was a hedge maze in the Gardens of Versailles with groups of fountains and sculptures depicting Aesop's fables. This print originates from 'Le Labyrinthe ...
Paper
The Black Line
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami, FL
His projects from this period include pen-and-ink line drawings of animals for a 1931 publication of Aesop's fables. As Calder's sculpture moved into the realm of pure abstraction in...
Lithograph
Objects of Desire Book by Maria Hummer Tuttle
By Maria Tuttle
Located in New York, NY
In this exquisitely illustrated book, she serves as our guide through three dwellings, focusing our attention on objects ranging from an ancient Chinese horse sculpture to a Louis XV...
Paper
$450
Paradise, Garden of Eden, Lithograph on paper, Signed, titled #36/100, Unframed
Located in New York, NY
Combined with the originality of her design, her illustrations for such books as “Aesop’s Fables”, “Dancing Palm Tree” (for which she won the New York Times Book Review’s Internation...
Lithograph
Louis XVI Style Canapé Upholstered with Aubusson Tapestry, circa 1880
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The various collections that go under the rubric "Aesop's Fables" are still taught as moral lessons and for centuries have been influential subject matter for artistic endeavour.
Tapestry, Giltwood
Antique William Morris 'Squirrel' Merton Abbey Jacquard-Woven Wool Tapestry
Located in Milan, IT
‘Squirrel’ (originally known as ‘Fox and Grape’, a name derived from Aesop’s fables) was designed by Dearle in 1898, and was woven at Merton Abbey in wool on an hand-loom jacquard.
Wool
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
Calapai published limited, memorial editions of classic wood engravings, such as Aesop's Fables, with illustrations by Thomas Bewick, first published in London in 1887.
Lithograph
Walton Ford Pancha Tantra, Signed Collector's Edition Book
By Bill Buford, Walton Ford
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The book’s title derives from The Pancha Tantra, an ancient Indian book of animal tales considered the precursor to Aesop’s Fables. This large-format limited edition includes an i...
Paper
Pair of George II Style English Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
His talent was however undeniable, and his exuberant imagination informed his designs with recurrent motifs including, exotic birds, Chinoiserie and rustic figures and motifs from Ae...
Gesso, Giltwood
A pair of paintings depicting animals in classical landscapes
By Francis Barlow
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Among his most famous achievements were his illustrations for editions of Aesop’s Fables, in which animals are endowed with expressive personalities and dramatic narrative energy.
Oil
$2,400
Het Leeuwendeel (The Lion's Share) /// Old Masters Animals Landscape Dog Leopard
By Dirk Stoop
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Comes from Ogilby's 1665 "The Fables of Aesop" portfolio of 24 etchings. Our particular state here lacks a bear in center and dog lower right.
Gesso, Laid Paper, Etching, Intaglio
Modern Brutalist Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Mercè Riba
Located in Miami, FL
While visual representations of such artist works were common in Europe from the 16th century, literary fables incorporating the theme only began to emerge during the 18th century an...
Marble, Bronze
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
His intricately detailed, Art Nouveau-styled illustration projects graced the book pages of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale retellings and classic children’s books like Aesop's ...
Fabric, Paper
"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
The Animal Fair A Horse and a Hound, A Goat and A Gander ~Maple Hill Farm content Town & Country My Little Hen (Random House, 1973) ~Maple Hill Farm content A Child's...
Gouache, Board
Child and Mother Chicken Greet Birth of a Chick, Children's Book Illustration
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
The Animal Fair A Horse and a Hound, A Goat and A Gander ~Maple Hill Farm content Town & Country My Little Hen (Random House, 1973) ~Maple Hill Farm content A Child's Garden of V...
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Richard Scarry Original Art Danny Beaver's Secret 1953
Located in Miami, FL
In fact, they have a long tradition, ranging from moral-teaching fables like Aesop’s to animal-themed literature, which teaches in an entertaining way.
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
'Androcles and the Lion' an Early Regency Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A copy of an early 19th century original. The moral of this fable, reputedly by Aesop, celebrating the reciprocity of kindness and friendship between man and beast, whereby an escape...
Marble
$250Sale Price|20% Off
Original Antique Print of a Wild Boar and a Lion, 1811
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Langweer, NL
Illustration of a Greek fable. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Ga...
Paper
Louis XVI Style Dresser, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
On the front the artisan created a marquetry with an illustration of the fable “The Fox and the Crow”, one of Aesop’s famous Fables.
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Yew
1617 Horse and Deer Engraving by Vondel – Warande der Dieren
Located in Langweer, NL
'Warande der Dieren' was Vondel’s first major published work, containing fables inspired by Aesop and other classical sources, each offering moral and philosophical reflections for t...
Paper
19th Century George III Style Carved Mirror after a design by Thomas Johnson
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in London, GB
Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty.
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
18th Century George III Carved Mirror in the Manner of Thomas Johnson
By Thomas Johnson II
Located in London, GB
Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty.
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
$11,784
Pan God of Nature Playing Panpipes 1930s Mythological Nude Oil Painting
By Margaret Maitland Howard
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
In addition to illustrating various books on ancient history and anthropology, Howard was also known as an illustrator of fictional books, producing an illustrated edition of the Fab...
Canvas, Oil
$596
Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Consequently, in 1909 Edward illustrated The Fables of Aesop, producing 23 colour plates and a host of pen & ink drawings.
Paper, Ink, Pen
2 vol. ÆSOP, ÆSOP’s Fables With a Life of the Author. First Edition
Located in New York, NY
2 vol. ÆSOP, ÆSOP’s Fables With a Life of the Author. First Edition.
Gold
Set of 12 Plates, Aesop Fables, Wedgwood, circa 1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Aesop's fables have been popular for thousands of years and have been translated into many languages.
Creamware
Worcester Porcelain Deep Plate, Aesop Fable Three Foxes, ca 1780
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in London, GB
The image is painted in the style of Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, who specialised in Aesop fable paintings. I have not been able to find the exact fable behind this image, but it is kno...
Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain Deep Plate, Aesop Fable Horse and Donkey, ca 1780
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in London, GB
The plate has a basket weave rim and a very charming image of the Aesop fable of the horse and the donkey in the centre.
Porcelain
French Antique Baroque Pearl Silver 18 Karat Yellow Gold Aesop Fable Stork Ring
Located in Antwerp, BE
More background information on Aesop - Aesop (c. 620–564 BC) was a fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables.
Natural Pearl, Onyx, Pearl, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold
Terry Toons Aesop’s Fable The Mosquito '1945' Poster
Located in London, GB
First produced by Paul Terry from 1930–1956, and then by CBS from 1957–1968. The cartoons originally produced for TV that was later screened in theatres 1969-1971. Linen backing: £250
Paper
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H 55.5 in W 57.5 in D 5.5 in
George III Finely Carved Pine Chimney Piece Surround. English, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
George III finely carved pine chimney piece surround, with egg and dart and dentil molding with tendril leaf carving, the central frieze depicting a story from Aesop's Fable with a f...
Unavailable
H 1.58 in W 2.17 in D 0.2 in
Cast Silver Sherry Label with Grape and Vine and Foxes, Dated 1967, London
Located in London, GB
Cast silver sherry label depicting grape and vine and foxes, 1967, London This label is made by C J Vanders depicting Aesops fable. It is very heavy quality and the casting definit...
Sterling Silver
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H 13.51 in W 10.32 in
Illusirissimus et potentissimus Princeps [..].
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
In 1666, Barlow's etchings illustrated an edition of Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings for decoration.
Etching
Rare George Jones Majolica Fox Dish
By George Jones
Located in Atlanta, GA
It was probably inspired by Aesop's fables. George Jones worked for the Minton factory and then began his own company.
Pottery
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H 16.07 in W 9.89 in
Herne Hawking' - Men on foot and horseback hunting heron with falcons or hawks.
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
In 1666, Barlow's etchings illustrated an edition of Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings for decoration.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 16.15 in W 10.12 in
Partridge Hawking - A group of hunters on foot and horseback, hunting [...].
By Francis Barlow
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
In 1666, Barlow's etchings illustrated an edition of Aesop's Fables. He also produced paintings for decoration.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 0.32 in W 1.86 in D 1.46 in
George III Antique Silver 'Hare in Reeds' Vinaigrette, Samuel Pemberton, 1809
By Samuel Pemberton
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
He notably illustrated editions of Aesop's Fables throughout his life. He is credited with popularising a technical innovation in the printing of illustrations using wood.
Silver
Aesop Fables Theme Painted Small Screen Decorated on Both Sides
Located in Washington, DC
Aesop fables theme painted small screen decorated on both sides.
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 1825.
Porcelain
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H 16 in W 20 in D 1.75 in
Pair Of Framed Needlepoint Pictures Depicting Scenes From Aesop's Fables
Located in Essex, MA
With French Regence style frames. One scene depicting wolves playing in a well and the other a wolf and an Ibis.
Giltwood
Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Joseph Lomedico,each face shows another of Aesop's Fables. From a series of sculptural bronze lamp commissions given to well known artists by a NYC company in 1946;inte...
Bronze
Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Thomas Lo Medico,each face shows another of Aesop's Fables.From a series of sculptural Bronze lamp commissions given to well known artists by a NYC company in 1946;inte...
Bronze
Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp.
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Thomas Lo Medico each face shows another of Aesop's Fables.From a series of sculptural Bronze lamp commissions given to well known artists by a NYC company in 1946, int...
Beautiful Pair of Georgian Gainsborough Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stunning pair of George III library armchairs upholstered in period needlework depicting several Aesop's Fables, the square backs over padded arms with stop fluted details and carved...
Tapestry, Mahogany
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 and Stork, Staffordshire or Bovey Tracey, Circa 1770-5 The oversized creamware tea...
Creamware, Pottery
19th Century French Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Fox and Grapes Design
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A 19th Century French Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Fox and Grapes 19th Century French Cast Iron Umbrella Stand this is a beautifully detailed piece showing the Fox and Grapes from Aes...
Iron
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H 65 in W 63.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Continental Three-Panel Wood Framed and Painted Canvas Floor Screens
Located in Southampton, NY
A pair of continental three-panel wood-framed and painted canvas floor screens, Early 20th century Each shaped panel painted on the obverse with reserves of Aesop's Fables, the rev...
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 spotted a bunch of grapes in an orchard.
Iron
Six Louis XVI Fauteuil En Cabriolet Original Tapestry and Paint
Located in valatie, NY
A Set of Six Louis XVI Fauteuil En Cabriolet in Original Paint and Tapestry, late 18th century, the cartouche-shaped and molded padded back, arms and serpentine fronted seat covered ...
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 spotted a bunch of grapes in an orchard.
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 Dog and the shadow. The jambs with deeply carved shell and drops of vine leaves, grap...
Marble
Vintage French Aesopian Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This tells the story of Aesop's fable, “The Fox and the Stork,” both of which are depicted along with a tall, narrow vase.
Wool
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H 38.59 in W 25.99 in D 25.99 in
Set of Giltwood 4 Fauteuils and 4 Side Chairs with Aubusson Upholstery
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Dubai, AE
All Aubusson's needlework back and seats depict scenes from Aesop's Fables. There is a long tradition of manufacturing intricate and valuable tapestries in the little French town o...
Upholstery, Giltwood
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 day a fox spotted a bunch of grapes in an orchard.
Iron
Nine-Piece Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Tapestry Suite
Located in London, GB
Comprising one canape and eight armchairs, each with arched padded back and bowed seat centred by an oval depicting figures and animals in the manner of Aesop’s Fables, the canape ba...
Giltwood, Tapestry
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 fable of the Fox and the Cock and the other is the Fox and the Stork.
SeidenGang Peridot Diamond 18 Karat Gold Platinum Odyssey Zeus Turtle Bracelet
By SeidenGang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Link bracelet is comprised of elongated panels - matte gold and highly texturized Depicting Zeus as an eagle and a rendering of a tortoise - referring to Aesop's Fable of how the tu...
Diamond, White Diamond, Peridot, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
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H 5.91 in W 7.88 in D 1.97 in
Rare Complete Meissen Set Of Three Fox Figurines After Aesop, Peter Strang, 1998
By Peter Strang, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of three excellent expressive Meissen Porcelain Figurines: Column-shaped animal figures with heads held high, each pair referring to the corresponding Aesop's fables. The fox and...
Porcelain
20th Century Victorian Fireback of the Fox and the Grapes
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
20th century French fireback of the fox and the grapes. An Aesop fable. One summer day a fox spotted a bunch of grapes in an orchard.
Iron
Italian Wine Cellarette by Barbetti
Located in New Orleans, LA
The carving on this piece is of the exceptional caliber for which Barbetti is famous. Details of Aesop's fable serve as the motif, with a tortoise and hare crowning the lid, while fo...
Walnut
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H 48 in W 72 in D 1.38 in
"Black Cat" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 60 in W 93 in D 1.5 in
"Monkey Business" Contemporary Neutral Tone Abstract Jungle Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 60 in W 93 in D 1.5 in
"Spirit Animal" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Big Cat Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 24 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Jungle Creature" Contemporary Neutral Abstract Big Cat Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. ...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 60 in W 93 in D 1.5 in
"Desert Animal" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Fox Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 48 in W 60 in D 1.25 in
"Buffalo" Contemporary Purple Toned Abstract Animal Lace Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary animal studies, Hoggg incorporates motifs such as pattern and sihlouette to imbue his work with an enigmatic timelessness. Aes...
Canvas, Acrylic
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, circa 1916
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Winter produced artwork for such well-known tales as Aesop’s Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver’s Tales.
Derby Porcelain Candlesticks decorated with Hen and Chicks
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
These are possibly related to the Aesop's fable, The Cock & the Jewel- A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he h...
Porcelain
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H 10.88 in W 7.125 in D 1.5 in
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.
Leather
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H 23 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
Calapai published limited, memorial editions of classic wood engravings, such as Aesop's Fables, with illustrations by Thomas Bewick, first published in London in 1887.
Lithograph
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H 26.78 in W 30.71 in D 1.97 in
Christopher Sanders R.A. (1905-1991) 'The Red Dinghy' oil on canvas circa 1960
By Christopher Sanders
Located in Frome, Somerset
He initially earned his living as a commercial artist, designing the Bird’s Custard label and patterns for upholstery in the London underground as well as illustrating several of the...
Oil
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H 26 in W 19 in
Vintage Lithograph Exhibition Poster Terry Dintenfass Gallery New York
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence illustrated an adaptation of Aesop's Fables for the University of Washington Press in 1997.
Lithograph
Vintage 18 Karat Gold Brilliant and Enamel Frog
Located in Roma, IT
Frogs are the subjects of fables attributed to Aesop, of proverbs in various cultures and of art.
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
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H 10.63 in W 10.04 in D 5.91 in
Antique Fontaine Figure, French, Bronze, Statue, After Ernest Rancoulet
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A bronze seated figure of noted fabulist Jean de la Fontaine Displays a desirable aged patina Bronze with great weathered appearance Great detail to the facial features, hair and ...
Bronze
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H 82.5 in W 39.5 in D 20.5 in
H.W. Batley Gillows & Co an Aesthetic Movement Walnut & Gilt Secretaire Bookcase
By Gillows of Lancaster & London, Henry William Batley
Located in London, GB
Stamped 'Gillows 13165' Last image from Hand painted Polychrome and Gesso with The Fables of Aesops' nursery scenes 'The Hare and the Tortoise'.
Walnut, Giltwood
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H 10.5 in W 11.5 in D 1 in
In Contemplation (Impressionist portrait of a young man)
By David Levine
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire’s History of the Sixties (1969), John Osborne’s The Fifth Year of the Nixon Watch (1974), The Fables of Aesop (1975), Joseph Moses’ The Great ...
Illustration Board, Oil
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H 4.88 in W 8.13 in D 4.5 in
English George III Satinwood Inlaid 'Aesop's Fables' Tea Caddy, circa 1800
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and unusual circa 1800 English George III two compartment tea caddy having rectangular satinwood veneered oak case with Kingwood, boxwood, and ebony inlaid borders and 'A...
Brass
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H 35.5 in W 27.75 in D 2 in
Vjecoslav Pejacevic Slovakian Painting, Aesop’s Fable the Fox and the Crow
By Vjecoslav Pejacevic
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index.
Paint
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H 10 in W 7 in
English Antique Woodcut Engraving, Robert Henryson prose Aesops Fable
By Henry Clarence Whaite
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The poem was also known as "The Twa Mice" - an adaptation of Aesop's Fable "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" by Henry Clarence Whaite (British 1895-1978) on thin wove paper, thi...
Woodcut
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H 10.95 in W 7.01 in D 1.97 in
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 Hundred & twelve Plates London: John Stockdale, 1793.
Leather, Paper
19th Century Rare Victorian Majolica Fox & Crow Trunk Vase Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Possibly inspired by the Aesop Fable ''The Fox and the Crow''
Ceramic
English Blue & White Plate Stag Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
By Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore
Located in Austin, TX
Was sold in the Grand Depot 21 rue Drouot Paris. Fontaine / Aesops Fables English Losange mark.
Faience
Murano Hand Blown Chartreuse Green Glass Chandelier, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Murano hand blown studio glass chandelier, in stock All different shaped chartreuse green discs with white details, rigadin technique Brass plated structure with 24 exposed brass reg...
Brass
19th Century Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Insert. Original English Made Victorian Cast Iron Fireplace Insert. Blackened Finish With Front Bars, Hood & Back. Including English Wild Rose...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$10,216
H 46 in W 70.9 in D 30.5 in
Gothic Revival Oak Fireplace Mantel with Carved Church Window Panels & Guards
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful Gothic Revival fire-place mantle surround with an amazing presence and patina. If you like Gothic Revival furniture then we are certain you will like this quality made and...
Wood, Oak
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Insert.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A well balanced and pleasing 19th Century English cast iron fireplace insert with colourful tiles each side. A generous outer frame with a raised cast decorative border, a central ch...
Iron
$33,881
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
$33,669
H 90.95 in W 179.14 in D 224.41 in
Louis XVI Style Panelling with Fireplace and a Marine Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This paneled room is composed of a stone fireplace, a large glass door with four leaves, a single door (both with their frame) and a large oil on canvas depicting a marine scene sign...
Stone
Pair of Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Inserts by T Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert which shows strong design similarities between Thomas Jeckyll's work for BBB and E W Godwin for S S and Shorland Manchester under the cape of ...
Iron
Antique Brass Repousse Fire Insert
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual brass fireplace insert featuring dragons and and a gentleman in 19th century dress, possibly Bach. We believe the plaque could be removed if required and the brass underne...
Brass
$31,103
H 52.56 in W 62.21 in D 2.37 in
Aesthetic Period Kilkenny Marble Fireplace Inset with Minton Tiles
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic period Kilkenny marble fireplace inset with Minton tiles, removed the Cornish home of the celebrated British novelist John Le Carré. The fossil stone surround with stop...
Marble
$3,388
H 38 in W 36 in D 10 in
Aesthetic Movement Cast Iron Tiled Fire Insert with Hand Painted Sailing Scenes
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement decorative cast iron fire insert and grate in the style of Thomas Jeckyll, with sunflower and stylised foliage decoration to the cast iron hood with two hand pa...
Iron