November 21 Louisiana Purchase Auction - Mardi Gras

Session One Friday, November 21, 2 pm 4038 Magazine

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Neal Auction is pleased to present an important family collection of treasures from the

Golden Age of Mardi Gras

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The Isabel Spelman Devereux Collection of Treasures from the Golden Age of Mardi Gras As a small child Isabel Spelman (1883-1955) began to save her parents’ and older sisters’ ball invitations and favors. Eldest sister Mary Mersereau (Mamie) was a maid in the Proteus Court of 1889, sister Caroline Burnett (Carrie) was Queen of Carnival in 1892 and sister Anna Lovisa (Nannie) was a maid in the Rex Court of 1892. Isabel herself would be a maid in the Rex Court of 1904.

Her father, Mark R. Spelman, was president of Colonial Sugar Company and a founder of the Honey Island Railroad. The family’s New Orleans residence was 1441 First Street; they also maintained a home in New York.

The collection has descended to her granddaughter who writes: My grandmother, Beo, Isabel Spelman Devereux, grew up loving Mardi Gras. She was the youngest, by twelve years, of four sisters and by the time she was eight, her older sisters were participating in the glamorous social whirl that was Carnival. Gowns and gloves, parasols and fans and mountains of invitations filled her life. Unfolding the magical ball invitations that were sent to her mother and sisters and eventually to her, enchanted her imagination all of her life.

When Beo decided I was old enough and careful enough, she shared her box of enchantments with me. We would pore over each color-filled invitation or dance card and she would tell me stories of her dancing days or we would make up our own fanciful tales. I loved them as much as she did and I always had permission to haul out the Best & Co. box that lived under her bed and housed her Mardi Gras treasure trove.

In her hall closet another box held her Carnival bulletins, and on special occasions when there was plenty of time, we would haul out four or five papers to carefully unfold on the floor and pretend it was Mardi Gras day. My brother, Devereux, and I, draped in the costume jewels of our grandfathers, would often pretend to be King and Queen of whatever parades happened to be rolling that day. We had Mardi Gras whenever we wanted.

Neal Auction Company is pleased to present this special family collection and would like to thank noted historian Henri Schindler and Wayne Phillips, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, Louisiana State Museum, for their kind assistance with the catalogue.

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The Isabel Spelman Devereux Collection of Treasures from the Golden Age of Mardi Gras, lots 1-174

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W 1. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus,

8. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1914, theme “Tales from Chaucer”.

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ball favor pin, 1891, theme “Demonology”. Note: Loss to enamel.

$400/600

$300/500 2. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, rare sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, c. 1900. Note: Missing clasp.

9. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, rare sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1905, theme “A Night in Japan”.

$300/500

$400/600

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of Comus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1900, theme “Stories of the Golden Age”.

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10. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball pin favor, 1913, theme “The Origin and Quaint Customs of Twelfth Night”.

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$300/500 Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p.28.

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4. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1901, theme “Selections from the Operas”.

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11. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball favor pin, 1923, theme “Ayesha”.

$400/600 5. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, 1902, theme “The Fairy Kingdom”.

$400/600

$400/600 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 31; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 28.

6. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1905, theme “The Lost Pleiad”. $400/600 Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p.

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Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 109.

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Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 109.

12. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, c. 1900, marked “M. Scooler, N.O”.

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7. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1913, theme “Time’s Mysteries”.

$300/500 13. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, c. 1900.

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$300/500

19. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, 1915, theme “Tales of the How and Why”.

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$300/500

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14. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1900, theme “Legends from the Court of King Arthur”.

20. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, 1924, theme “The Jatakamala Tales of Buddha’s Lives”.

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$300/500 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 136.

$300/500 Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes examples of this pin.

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15. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1904, marked “Adler, N.O.”, theme “Visions of the World’s Vanities”.

$400/600 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 138.

$300/500 19 16. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, rare ball favor pin, possibly 1905, theme “Vathek”.

22. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, rare ball favor pin, possibly 1896, theme “Dumb Society”.

$300/500 17. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”.

21. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1889, marked “Frantz & Opitz”, theme “The Hindoo Heavens”.

$300/500

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Note: Probably made in New Orleans, relates to examples made by Maurice Scooler.

23. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball pin favor, 1897, theme “Orlando Furioso (Aristo)”.

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$300/500

$300/500

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18. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1913, theme “Above the Clouds”.

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$400/600

Proteus, ball favor pin, 1904, theme “The Alphabet”. Note: Loss to enamel. $200/400

25. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1905, theme “The Rubaiyat”. $300/500 23 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com

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36. [Mardi Gras], Rex, Ducal Badge, 1883, theme “Atlantis-The Antediluvian World”, presented in an antique, probably original, unmarked box. $500/1000 34

26. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1906, theme “The Inspiration of Proteus (Silver Anniversary)”. $300/500 27. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1907, theme “The Queen of the Serpents (from the Thousand and One Nights)”. $400/600 28. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1909, theme “Romances of Wales”. $300/500 29. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, possibly 1912, theme “Satan Dethroned”. $300/500

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34. [Mardi Gras], Atlanteans, rare sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, c. 1900, by Gorham.

Oberon, ball favor pin, possibly 1912, theme “Satan Dethroned”. Note: Loss to enamel. $200/300 31. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, 1914, theme “Le Grand Trianon”. $400/600 32. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, 1914, theme “Le Grand Trianon”. $300/500 33. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, probably 1925, theme “The Carnival of Venice”. $400/600

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$400/600 Note: The Louisiana State Museum Mardi Gras Collection includes an example of this pin.

W 35. [Mardi Gras], a

silvered charm bracelet fitted with a collection of ball favor pins including: TNR, 1905; Atlanteans, 1905; Momus, 1908; Momus, 1910; TNR, 1908, Momus, 1991; Momus peacock; Momus Japanese lady; and Harlequin head mask; all drilled. $300/500

Note: Illustrated in Henry Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 61; and in Stephen Hales’ Rex, An Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc., Mandeville, 2010, p. 51.

37. [Mardi Gras], Rex, Ducal Badge, 1904, theme “In the Realm of Imagination”, ribbon detached but retained, associated box. $400/600 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 84.

38. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, 1871, theme “Spencer’s Faerie Queen”, (1 pc.) $300/500 Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 32.

39. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and 25th anniversary card, 1882, theme “The Worships of the World”, designed by Charles Briton, (3 pcs.) $500/700

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40. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation and envelope, 1884, theme “Illustrated Ireland”, (2 pcs.) $500/700 Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p.27.

Note: The 1884 Comus ball is considered the first to include a court: daughters of the Confederacy Mildred and Mary Lee, Winnie Davis and Nannie Hill, who were invited as special guests. Mildred Lee, who danced the first quadrille with Comus, is considered the first queen of the Mistick Krewe.

Reference: Schindler, Henri. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Flammarian: Paris, 1997, p. 79.

41. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, parade booklet, 1884, published by The Royal Publisher, The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, theme “Illustrated Ireland”, (1 pc.) $400/600

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43. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and two admit cards, 1892, theme “Nippon, the Land of the Rising Sun “ designed by Jennie Wilde, (4 pcs.)

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Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, 1891, theme “Demonology “, designed by Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.) $500/700 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 22-3.

$700/900 Note: Winnie Davis, the younger daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, was queen in 1892.

In keeping with the theme, she and her court wore silk-satin kimonos.

Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 24-5 43 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com

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46. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, dance card, 1898, theme “Scenes from Shakespeare”, designed

by Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.) $300/500 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 28.

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47 47. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and dance card, 1899, theme “Josephus”, designed by Jennie Wilde (3 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 30-1; dance card illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 51, and Errol Laborde’s Mardi Gras, Chronicles of New Orleans Carnival, Pelican Publishing Company: New Orleans, 2013, p. 41.

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48. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card and dance card, 1900, theme “Stories of the Golden Age”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (4 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 32-3.

46 49 44. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1896, theme “The Months and Seasons of the Year”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 26.

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45. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation and two envelopes, 1897, theme “Homer’s Odyssey”, designed

by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 27.

49. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, dance card and two admit cards, 1902, theme “The Fairy Kingdom”, (5 pcs.) $1200/1800

50. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation and two admit cards, 1903, theme “A Leaf from the Mahabarata”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 36.

51. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card, call-out card and dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “The Lost Pleiad”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (5 pcs.) $1000/1200 Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s book Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 39.

52. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, Golden Anniversary Ball invitation and envelope, 1906, theme “The Masque of Comus”, designed

by Jennie Wilde (2 pcs.)

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$600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 39.

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54. [Mardi Gras], Mystic Krewe of Comus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1914, theme “Tales from Chaucer”, design by Jennie Wilde, (2 pcs.) $500/700

53. [Mardi Gras], Mystick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1909, theme “Flights of Fancy”, designed

by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.)

W 55. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball

invitation, envelope and admit card, 1885, theme “Domino”, (2 pcs.) $400/600 52

$800/1200

W 56. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball

invitation, 1896, theme “That Orbed Maiden with White Fur Laden”, (1 pc.) $200/400

Note: Dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 41.

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W 58. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night

Revelers, ball invitation and envelope, 1902, theme “The Birthnight of the Hummingbird (Goodrich)”, (2 pcs.) $200/400 59. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball invitation, envelope, two admit cards and dance card, 1904, theme “Harlequin”, (5 pcs.) $500/700 W 60. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night

Revelers, ball invitation and envelope, 1908, theme “Court of Misrule”, (2 pcs.) $200/400

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61. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball invitation, 1911, theme “The Battle of the Flowers”; and dance card with pencil, 1912, theme “The Butterfly”, (2 pcs.)

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$400/600 62. [Mardi Gras], Rex ball invitation and envelope, 1882, theme “Pursuit of Pleasure”, designed by Charles Briton, (2 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, pp. 50-1; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 40.

62 63. [Mardi Gras], Rex ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1881, theme “Arabian Nights Tales”, designed by Charles Briton (3 pcs.)

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$700/900 Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 52; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 40.

57. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “The Realm of the Butterflies”, (2 pcs.) $400/600 Note: Dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 82.

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Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball program, 1938, theme “A Reminiscence of Lafcadio Hearn”; ball program, 1934, theme “The Emperor’s New Clothes”; and ball program, 1959, theme “Holders of the Gold and Silver Beans”, (3 pcs.) $400/600 Note: The 1938 ball program illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 83.

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65. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation, invitation envelope, outer envelope and two admit cards, 1883, theme “Atlantis, the Antediluvian World”, lithography by F. Appel, Paris (5 pcs.) $1000/1200 Note: Admit card and invitation envelope illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 53.

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68. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation and envelope, 1901, theme “Human Passions and Characteristics” (2 pcs.) $600/800 69

W 66. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1887,

theme “Music and Drama” (2 pcs.) $300/500 Note: Admit card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 57; and Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p. 78.

67. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation and envelope, 1894, theme “Illustrations From Literature”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom (2 pcs.)

69. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation and envelope, 1882, theme “The Ramayana”, design by Charles Briton (2 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 108-9; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 43.

W 70. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation,

envelope and admit card, 1887, theme “Myths of the New World” (3 pcs.) $700/900

$700/900 Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 64-5.

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Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper”, (2 pcs.) $500/700 W 74. [Mardi

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Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1902, theme “Byron’s Poems”, (2 pcs.)

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$400/600 75. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card and dance card, 1904, theme “Visions of the World’s Vanities”, (4 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 116.

W 76. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, invitation, envelope and

admit card, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”, (3 pcs.) $400/600

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77. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope and dance card, 1909, theme “Signs and Superstitions”, designed by Jennie Wilde (3 pcs.) $600/900

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71. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope and 3 admit cards, 1883, theme “The Moors of Spain”, (5 pcs.)

72. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card and dance card, 1892, theme “Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp” (4 pcs.)

$800/1200

$800/1000

Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 110.

Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 113.

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Note: The dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Flammarion: Paris, 1997, p. 79.

78. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1911, theme “The Language of Flowers”, (3 pcs.) $600/900

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Knights of Momus, dance card with pencil, 1914, theme “Odds and Ends of Nonsense”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.) $400/600 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Flammarion: Paris, 1997, p. 78.

80. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1886, theme “Visions of Other Worlds”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze, (3 pcs.)

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Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 126.

W 81. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus,

ball invitation and envelope, 1887, theme “Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, (2 pcs.) $500/700 82. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, envelope, two admit cards and dance card with pencil, 1888, theme “Legends of the Middles Ages”, lithography

by F. Appel, Paris, (5 pcs.) $1000/1200

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Note: Ball invitation and dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 127-128.

83. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes (different sizes), and dance card, 1889, theme “The Hindoo Heavens”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze, (4 pcs.) Note: condition.

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W 85. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus,

ball invitation, 1892, theme “A Dream of the Vegetable Kingdom”, (1 pc.)

$600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 130-1.

$400/600 Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 37.

84. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1890, theme “Elfland”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze, lithography by F. Appel, Paris (3 pcs.)

86. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1897, theme “Orlando Furioso”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom, (2 pcs.)

$700/900

$500/700

Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 129.

Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 135.

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88. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “E Pluribus Unum”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom (4 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 136.

89. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, 2 envelopes, and two admit cards, 1902, theme “Flora’s Feast”, (5 pcs.)

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$800/1200 90. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes and admit card, 1903, theme “Cleopatra”, (4 pcs.)

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$700/900 Note: Admit card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 138.

91. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, two ball invitations, envelope, and dance card with pencil, 1904, theme “The Alphabet”, (4 pcs.)

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$700/900 92. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, two programs for the Silver Anniversary Ball, envelope, dance card and two admit cards, 1906, theme “The Inspiration of Proteus”, design

by Bror Anders Wikstrom, (6 pcs.)

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W 87. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of

Proteus, ball invitation, 1898, theme “A Trip to Wonderland”, (1 pc.) $400/600

Note: Program illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 139.

93. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1909, theme “Romances of Wales”, (2 pcs.) $500/700

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Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 143.

94. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, envelope, two admit cards, and call-out card, 1907, theme “The Queen of the Serpents”, (5 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 140.

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W 95. [Mardi Gras], Krewe

of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1910, theme “Astrology”, (2 pcs.)

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$400/600 96. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, 2 envelopes, admit card and dance card, 1913, theme “Adventures of Telemachus”, (5 pcs.) $600/900

101. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “The Temple of Fame (Alexander Pope)”, (2 pcs.) $400/600 96

Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 144.

W 102. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, two

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103. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, two envelopes, admit card, and dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “The Rainbow”, (5 pcs.)

ball invitations, envelope and admit card, 1902, theme “The Robes of Feathers (a Japanese story by Fitzgerald)”, (4 pcs.) $500/700

Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope, and admit card, 1892, theme “The Tempest”, (3 pcs.)

$600/900

$500/700 W 104. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball

invitation and envelope, 1907, theme “Court of the Great Mogul Shah Jehan”, (2 pcs.)

W 98. [Mardi Gras], The

Atlanteans, ball invitation and envelope, 1893, theme “The Bird Wife (Lafcadio Hearn)”, (2 pcs.) $400/600

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Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 85.

W 99. [Mardi Gras], The

Atlanteans, dance card, 1894, theme “The Ballet of the Season at Fontainebleau”, (1 pc.)

105. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope and three dance cards with two pencils, 1908, theme “The Realm of Hyperion”, design by Jenny Wilde, (5 pcs.)

$300/500

$700/900 Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 86.

W 100. [Mardi Gras], The

Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1898, theme “The Garden of Irem”, (3 pcs.) $400/600

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W 109. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon,

ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1909, theme “The Ships that Come In”, (3 pcs.) $500/700 110. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation, envelope and dance card, 1897, theme “Coral Groves and Grottoes”, (3 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 90-1; and invitation illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises, 2003. p. 51.

106 111. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1898, theme “The Inferno”, (3 pcs.) $700/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 91-2; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003.

108

W 112. [Mardi

Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1903, theme “The Birth of the Water Lily”, (2 pcs.)

110

$500/700 113

W 107. [Mardi Gras], Elves of

Oberon, dance card with pencil, 1903, theme “When Folly Rules”, (1 pc.) $300/500 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 88.

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106. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, dance card, 1901, theme “The Island of Dreams”; dance card with pencil, 1911, theme “The Children of Fable and Fiction”; and dance card with pencil, 1914, theme “Le Grand Trianon”, (3 pcs.) $500/700

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108. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “The Secret of the Sphinx”, (3 pcs.) $500/700

113. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card, call-out card, and dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “A Glimpse of Old Japan”, (5 pcs.) $700/900 W 114. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus,

ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1911, theme “The Garden of the Gods”, (2 pcs.) $300/500 W 115. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus,

invitation and envelope, 1913, theme “Music, Rhyme and Song”, (2 pcs.) $400/600

116. [Mardi Gras], High Priests of Mithras, ball invitation, envelope and four admit cards, 1904, theme “The Story of Shah Nemah”, (6 pcs.) $600/900 Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 96.

W 117. [Mardi Gras], High

Priests of Mithras, ball invitation and envelope, 1906, theme “The Vision of Jacob”, (2 pcs.)

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$300/500 122

W 118. [Mardi Gras], High

Priests of Mithras, ball invitation, envelope and dance card, 1909, theme “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”, (3 pcs.) $500/700 W 119. [Mardi Gras], High

Priests of Mithras, ball invitation, envelope and two admit cards, 1912, theme “Legend of the Land of the Gods (Princess Firefly)”, (4 pcs.)

120

$500/700 120. [Mardi Gras], The Phunny Phorty Phellows, pop-up ball program, envelope and two admit cards, 1882, theme “The Days We Celebrate”, (4 pcs.)

125

$800/1200 W 121. [Mardi Gras],

W 124. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,

Consus, ball invitation and envelope, 1897, theme “Sherwood”, (2 pcs.)

$200/300

dance card, 1901, theme “Sir John’s Army”, (1 pc.)

$500/700 125. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1904, theme “The Birth of the Butterfly”, (3 pcs.)

Condition: Admit card torn into pieces.

122. [Mardi Gras], Consus, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1898, theme “The Meeting of King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold”, (3 pcs.)

123. [Mardi Gras], Consus, dance card with pencil, 1901, theme “Shakespeare and His Creations”, (1 pc.)

$600/900

$300/500

Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 155-6.

Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 157; and illustrated on the cover of the first edition of Perry Young’s The Mistick Krewe, Chronicles of Comus and his Kin.

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$500/700 W 126. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, ball

invitation and envelope, 1905, theme “The Wooing of Endymion by the Moon Goddess (from William Morris)”, (2 pcs.) $400/600

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132. [Mardi Gras], costume girdle, c. 1900, hand-painted brass, marked with masker’s placement/position number, partially obscured by pin. $200/300 Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes similar examples from c. 1900.

133. [Mardi Gras], a costume necklace of red and green “paste” jewels, c. 1880. $300/500 133 134. [Mardi Gras], a costume necklace of green “paste” jewels, c.

1880.

130

$300/400 135. [Mardi Gras], probably Krewe of Proteus, 1914, theme “Gerusalemme Liberata”, costume necklace set with a cross and glass “coral” beads. $300/500 Note: “Gerusalemme Liberata” was the last of the Proteus balls designed by Jennie Wilde, whose grandfather had translated the epic poem into English.

132 134

W 136. [Mardi Gras], a pair of

W 127. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, admit card,

costume cuff bracelets set with blue “paste” jewels, late 19th c.

1906, theme “Fridthjof the Valiant”, (1 pc.) $150/250

$400/600

W 128. [Mardi Gras], Les Inconnues, ball invitation,

$200/400

137. [Mardi Gras], bejeweled brass costume sword, early 20th c., marked with masker’s placement/position number 73, retains bright gilt surface.

W 129. [Mardi Gras], The Mittens, ball invitation and

$200/300

1904, (1 pc.)

dance card with pencil, 1909, (2 pcs.) $400/600

W 138. [Mardi Gras], a pair of

costume ornaments set with blue and white “paste” jewels, c. 1900.

130. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, 1884, theme “The Aeneid”, two brass costume helmets, probably French, one retaining original horsehair and marked with masker’s placement/position number, 101.

$200/400 Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes similar examples.

These ornaments were sewn onto the costumes.

$400/600 Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes similar examples from the 1880s.

135

W 131. [Mardi Gras], brass costume scimilar and

dagger, c. 1900. $300/500

137

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W 139. [Mardi Gras], a group of Art

Nouveau bejeweled costume fragments, late 19th/early 20th c., including two buckles and a turban ornament. $200/300 W 140. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1903, loving

cup, theme “Feasts and Fetes”, retains some matte and burnished gilt surfaces. $300/500 Note: Illustrated in Errol Laborde’s Mardi Gras, Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2013, p. 148.

142 141. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1905, gilt trumpet vase with original box, theme “Idealistic Queens”, retains some bright gilt surface. $300/500 141 142. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1906, pin cushion, theme “In Utopia”, retains some bright gilt surface and bright purple velvet. $300/500 W 143. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1907, jewelry

box, theme “Visions of Nations”. $300/500

146

Note: Illustrated in Errol Laborde’s Mardi Gras, Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival, Pelican Publishing Company: New Orleans, 2013, p. 148; and Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p. 74.

W 144. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1909, Art

Nouveau vase, theme “The Treasures of the King”. $200/400 145. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1910, letter opener with original box, theme “The Freaks of Fable”, retains original matte and burnished gilt surfaces. $400/600 Note: Illustrated in Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Pro Bono Publico, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p. 75.

146. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1911, inkwell with glass ink pot, theme “Arts and Sciences”, retains matte and burnished gilt surfaces. $400/600

145

147. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1912, hand mirror with original box, theme “Phases of Nature”, bright gilt surface.

147

W 149. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1914, silverplate

$300/500 Note: Illustrated in Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Pro Bono Publico, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p. 75.

W 148. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1913,

silverplate pin tray with original box, theme “Enchantments and Transformations”.

loving cup, theme “The Drama of the Year”. $150/250 W 150. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1915, ceramic and

silver deposit sugar bowl with original box, theme “Fragments from Song and Story”. $300/500

$300/500

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W 151. [Mardi Gras], Mystick

W 160. [Mardi Gras], Rex,

(sic) Krewe of Comus, February 24, 1903, theme “A Leaf from the Mahabharata”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

February 20, 1912, theme “Phases of Nature”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $400/600

$500/700 W 161. [Mardi Gras], Rex, W 152. [Mardi Gras], Mystick

February 20, 1917, theme “The Gifts of the Gods to Louisiana”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

(sic) Krewe of Comus, February 16, 1904, theme “Izdubar”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

153

$500/700

$500/700 W 162. [Mardi Gras], Knights

153. [Mardi Gras], Mystick (sic) Krewe of Comus, February 28, 1911, theme “Familiar Quotations”, parade bulletin, float designer Jennie Wilde, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

of Momus, February 17, 1887, theme “Myths of the New World”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $400/600

$500/700 W 163. [Mardi Gras], Knights W 154. [Mardi Gras], Mystick

of Momus, March 2, 1905, theme “Vathek”, parade bulletin, float designer Jennie Wilde, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

(sic) Krewe of Comus, February 4, 1913, theme “Time’s Mysteries”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

157

W 155. [Mardi Gras], Rex,

$500/700 164. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, February 7, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

February 27, 1887, theme “Music and Popular Airs”, parade bulletin, lithographer M.F. Dunn & Bro., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $400/600

$500/700 W 156. [Mardi Gras], Rex, W 165. [Mardi Gras], Knights

February 24, 1903, theme “Fetes and Feasts”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

of Momus, February 18, 1909, theme “Signs and Superstitions”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

$500/700 Note: Illustrated in Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p.

129.

157. [Mardi Gras], Rex, March 7, 1905, theme “Idealistic Queens”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

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$400/600 164 W 166. [Mardi Gras], Knights W 158. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 23, 1909, theme “The

Treasures of the King”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

of Momus, February 23, 1911, theme “The Language of Flowers”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

W 159. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 8, 1910, theme “The Freaks of

Fable”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

W 167. [Mardi Gras],

Knights of Momus, January 30, 1913, theme “Above the Clouds”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700 168. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 22, 1887, theme “Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

175 168

$400/600 W 169. [Mardi Gras],

Krewe of Proteus, February 23, 1903, theme “Cleopatra”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700 178

W 170. [Mardi Gras],

Krewe of Proteus, March 6, 1905, theme “The Rubaiyat”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

173

W 176. Two Sterling Silver and

Enamel Mardi Gras Souvenir Spoons, late 19th/early 20th c., Mechanics Sterling Co., Attleboro, MA, length 5 7/8 in., weight 1.65 troy ozs.

$500/700

$150/250 W 171. [Mardi Gras],

177. De Ficoroni, Francesco, Le Maschere Sceniche e le Figure Comiche d’Antichi Romani, 1732, Roma, (9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.), half-title with engraved vignette, with 85 engraved plates of Roman masks, one folding, full calf, gilt title, marbled endpapers.

Krewe of Proteus, March 2, 1908, theme “The Light of Asia”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700

$700/1000

177 W 172. [Mardi Gras],

Krewe of Proteus, February 7, 1910, theme “Astrology”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700 173. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 19, 1912, theme “Zoroaster”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.

W 174. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus,

February 15, 1915, theme “Famous Lovers of the World”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in. $500/700 175. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ducal Badge, 1880, theme “The Four Elements”. $500/1000

178. A Very Fine Gold Locket, c.

1870, gold unmarked, probably 15 kt., exterior with engraved strapwork decoration, interior with presentation inscription “to ESC from HRH Princess Louise” and photograph of Princess Louise (1848-1939). $800/1200 Provenance: Estate of Aloyis Lee Sonneborn, Mobile, AL.

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Absentee bids are gladly accepted for all items below $500.

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