October Fine Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Mourning Jewellery & Rare Greetings/Festive Cards.

Two late-Georgian handmade cut-out Valentines, no date, intricate snowflake-like patterns depicting doves and hearts with handwritten verse, the h...

Helga von Cramm (1840-1919), St. Nicolaus, Christmas card design depicting flowers and snow-capped mountains, signed with initials 'H.v.C.', accom...

Collection of four mechanical Valentines: A late-Georgian "dissolving" picture, c.1820, watercolour design of cupid with dove carrying love letter...

Collection of three Georgian "beehive" Valentines (also known as "cobwebs", "flower cages" or "birdcages"), rare mechanical cards in which a secre...

'Flowers of Fortune', early-Victorian handmade fortune-telling Valentine, c.1840, the central flower can be twisted open to reveal different attri...

Collection of nine mid-Victorian 3-D Valentines, including two mechanical examples (one dating from c.1860 with revolving forget-me-nots), two in ...

Collection of "Vinegar Valentines" (comic insulting cards) comprising: folded paper lace card, c.1870, central design depicting "stuffed" lady in ...

Collection of 14 Victorian die-cut chromolithographic Christmas cards, including sailor boys, flowers, moon, painter's palette, Christmas tree wit...

Collection of four Victorian chromolithographic 3-D/pop-up Christmas cards: free-standing bed with four boys enjoying Christmas presents and food;...

Collection of five Victorian chromolithographic mechanical Christmas & New Year cards: 1) c.1870 card depicting bouquet of flowers, opens to revea...

Collection of seven Victorian chromolithographic Christmas cards, mechanical and pop-up/3-D, c.1860-1890, comprising: three-dimensional free-stand...

Collection of 12 Victorian chromolithographic Christmas cards, c.1860-1880, including mechanical, 3-D, pop-up and die-cut designs (12)

Collection of 10 Victorian "sachet" Christmas cards (sometimes scented sachets were sent instead of cards), c.1860-1880, most featuring embossed o...

Collection of Victorian & Edwardian Christmas cards, novelty/cartoon/humour, publishers include Raphael Tuck, Angus Thomas, Marcus Ward, Hildeshei...

Animals. Collection of 30 Victorian chromolithographic Christmas cards depicting animals (cats, dogs, monkeys, chickens, mice, pigs, birds, rabbit...

Animals / Anthropomorphic. Collection of 27 Victorian & Edwardian chromolithographic greetings cards depicting anthropomorphic animals, predominan...

'Dolly's Dressmaker', London: A. N. Myers, [c.1860], hand-coloured lithographic sheet of outfit designs, 12 numbered sheets of patterns, publisher...

Collection of children's illustrated picture books, to include Only a Jap Dollee, die-cut binding, London: Raphael Tuck, no date; Catharine Susan'...

Late-Georgian commonplace book, featuring 26 pages of manuscript verse and watercolour illustrations. The book includes a watercolour depiction of...

Mid-Victorian commonplace book, c.1860, featuring 126 pages of manuscript verse embellished with pencil and watercolour illustrations and contempo...

William IV period commonplace book, featuring 130 pages of manuscript verse embellished with pencil and watercolour illustrations and contemporary...