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1884 Gold Background Cards. Liebig Company's Extract.
I am so happy to have found a good set of these cards that I will illustrate both the set found earlier, several in poor condition, and the set recently acquired, all in good condition. Each of the pictures is set against a solid gold background. Click on any one in the good set, and a larger version comes up on the screen.
Earlier set: FC: $5 either at Sacramento, Dec., '96 or Foster City, Feb., '97. Three other cards for a total of $5 from Janet Bernichon, Shirley, NY, through eBay, Nov., '02. $10 for the last two from Albert Van den Bosch, Antwerp, Belgium, April, '13. Later set: $118.42 from Mariotti Filatelia, Milan, through eBay, March, '18. FSII in English a gift of Susan Carlson, Dec., '23. On the verso of the earlier cards are directions in English for beef-tea, vegetable soup, and other delights. A comment printed sideways on the cards seems to claim that a first class French Chef accepted a position only when he was promised that he would be liberally supplied with Liebig's. There are several formats on the verso of the later cards. I illustrate them below the picture sides here.
Scroll down for a screen wide enough to accommodate two columns of images. Take this link to a page displaying our most recent set in this series.
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FC is the best preserved of the well-aged cards. Against a solid gold background, a crow drops a large drum of Liebig's meat extract in front of a fox with outstretched, almost pleading arms. A turtle looks on. The card was glued or mounted by its four corners, which are thus stained. | |
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"The Fox and the Hen": What is this fox trying to get from this hen? At any rate, he is trying to do it over two large jars of Liebig meat extract! | |
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The Cat and the Monkey. Usually the cat is getting chestnuts out of the fire for the monkey. | |
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Usually the rabbits are discovering that they are somebody by inadvertently frightening frogs on the way to a rabbit suicide. Here everything is quite chummy! | |
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FS I: The fox is insulting the stork by eating from a shallow dish. Of course, what the fox eats is Liebig meat extract! | |
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FS II: Now the stork, with dapper hat and pince-nez, is eating right out of the large Liebig jar, while the fox can only look on. | |
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An English version of the card just above and its verso. | |
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