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131 A RARE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARD STYLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TILLER-CLOWES FAMILY TROUPE
130 TILLER-CLOWES FAMILY TROUPE ENGLISH MARIONETTE OF THE SILVER KING, LATE 19TH CENTURY painted wood, fabric and sequins 75cm x 17cm x 10cm
CIRCA 1900 including photograph-style postcards and photographs of Grandmother Tiller, Dany & Lill, Harriet and Polly Clowes, Minnie Tiller, Walter Tiller, etc.; notes by H.W. Whanslaw with transcript and other material all in one folder (qty) Note: For more information and images for this lot please see our website: www.lyonandturnbull.com
£200-300
£300-500
132 TWO ITEMS OF ENGLISH TRICK SCENERY 19TH CENTURY painted wood, canvas and metal hinges, comprising XX MILES TO YORK, folding into devil, which in turn folds into a lady, 69cm x 28cm x 6cm and GRANDFATHER CLOCK, folding into boxer, 80cm x 42cm x 5cm (2) £100-200
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GROUP OF ENGLISH MARIONETTES
THREE ITEMS OF ENGLISH TRICK SCENERY
19TH CENTURY painted wood and fabric, comprising CHINESE with long pigtail, 57cm x 18cm x 9cm; AUNT SALLY, with black turned wooden body, dressed in patterned pink skirt, 47cm x 8cm x 9cm; ABYSSINIAN POLE AND CHAIR BALANCER (with two chairs), 43cm x 46cm x 9cm; ABYSSINIAN BALL JUGGLER, 44cm x 12cm x 6cm and DISJOINTED CLOWN, 36cm x 10cm x 6cm (5)
19TH CENTURY painted wood, cardboard and metal hinges, comprising DOG folding into cannon, 55cm x 80cm x 2cm; HOT AIR BALLOON, 45cm x 35cm x 12cm and BARBER’S SHOP with inscription ‘shaving while you wait’, 60cm x 45cm x 2cm (3)
£100-200
£200-300
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TWO ENGLISH PIECES OF ENGLISH TRICK SCENERY
CRAIG, EDWARD GORDON
19TH CENTURY painted wood and canvas, comprising GUARD HOUSE folding into row of soldiers in red tunics, and ANOTHER the same (2) 80cm x 58cm x 6cm (each)
£100-200
THE MARIONETTE TO-NIGHT AT 12-30 Florence: [The Mask?], Box 444, 1918. 8vo, note in pencil to pastedown endpaper stating “This book was purchased from Gordon Craig...”, ownership sticker and blindstamp of Blundall £800-1,200
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