12 knife-rests La Fontaine's Fables after Benjamin Rabier

12 silver-plated knife-rests representing La Fontaine's Fables after Benjamin Rabier's drawings, among them: the Ant and the Grasshopper, the Wolf and the Crane, the Tortoise and the Hare etc. 

Sold in their box.

Each knife-rests are signed "Benjamin Rabier" on the base and stamped "P D" for Paul Delhalle (the silversmith).

Size of the knife-rests : 9 cm W x 2,5 cm D x 3,5 cm H 

Size of the box : 30 cm W x 21 cm D x 5 cm H.

Benjamin Rabier (1864 - 1939) was a French talented author and illustrator, also a comic-book author. Considerate as one of the most gifted European animal comics designers, he was famous for his character Gédéon the Duck and his illustrations of La Fontaine's Fables.