Aesthetic Movement | Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience Trade CardsTwo very rare Victorian advertising cards depicting characters & lyrics from the operetta Patience by Gilbert & Sullivan, a satire of the Aesthetic movement. Some presume the dandy character Bunthorne is a caricature of Oscar Wilde, but hes actually a combo of Whistler & the poet Swinburne. This said, Patience is the reason for Oscar Wildes famous American lecture tour: Following the success of the operetta in England, the DOyly Carte Opera Company

Extremely rare & unusual antique plaster cast of a num wearing a medieval-style wimple

This antique children’s tin dish is embossed with lines from one of my favorite nursery rhymes:

” and contained within are 3 locks of hair from home

turn of the century antique French book recounting anecdotes from notable figures around Europe in a splendid red decorative binding with art nouveau style chrysanthemums

Doubleday Anchor

sought after for its numerous

Lined with foil

Refer to photos for size & condition: Some wear to the glass

This is an early Book Club edition in a rough dust jacket

fire-safe disc inside and use it to burn incense

completed in 2 versions in 1886

19th century engraving of Saint Catherine presented as found in a Victorian brown & silver velvet & pressed metal frame