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(A series of 50)
CIGARETTE CARDS
ISSUED BY: W.D. & H.O. Wills Bristol & London, in 1925
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans - from Walter Lawry Buller's, A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 1888.
Size: Each card is approximately 36mm X 67mm (1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches)
Condition: Excellent, complete set of 50 cards.
TWO ITEMS
(ITEM — ONE )
at Parliamentary Buildings on Wednesday the 19th day of June 1901 in commemoration of the visit of
Their Royal Highnesses
the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall and York to Wellington N.Z.
Menu cover shows central text inside the shape of a Maori whare with
ornate tekoteko and maihi.
A moa stands at the left under a nikau
palm, and there is a flax bush at the right.
In the four corners are
portraits of the Duke and Duchess, Richard John Seddon and Lord Ranfurly.
Chromolithograph on menu card,
McKee & Co., printers, Wellington.
Size: 230mm x 154mm (closed)
Condition: Very good, faint smuges and some foxing, please see larger image.
(ITEM — TWO )
the NZ Government Reception at Parliamentary Buildings, on Wednesday, 19th June, 1901.
Size: 265mm X 209mm (closed) approximately
Condition: Very good. Faint, minor foxing, please see image.
1901 MENU &
1901 CONCERT PROGRAMMES (2)
(A Maori Lament)
Words and music by O. M. Shakespeare
Published and printed in New Zealand by L.T. Watkins Ltd., 1932.
This multi-plate photo-chromolithograph harkens back to the style, layout and typography of the late 19th and early 20thc. The artist, F.H. Shiny, has signed his work to the left of the maiden's heel.
Size: 310mm X 240mm (12 X 9 1/2 inches) approximately
Condition: Very good. Faint stamp "Music" lower right of front cover.
Music Score
Music by Beatrice Tombs; words by Eileen Duggan
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : H.H. Tombs,
Signed by Beatrice Tombs, wife of Harry H. Tombs, publisher.
Size: 315mm X 240mm (12 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches) approximately
Condition: Very good. Some foxing, please see larger images.
(A series of 50)
CIGARETTE CARDS
ISSUED BY: W.D. & H.O. Wills Bristol & London, in 1925
Artist not known
Size: Each card is approximately 36mm X 67mm (1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches)
Condition: Excellent, complete set of 50 cards.
(A series of 50)
CIGARETTE CARDS
ISSUED BY: JOHN PLAYER & SONS
Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd, 1929.
Artist not known
Size: Each card is approximately 36mm X 67mm (1 3/8 X 2 5/8 inches)
Condition: Excellent, complete set of 50 cards, including the New Zealand Huia.
Artist: Eileen Mayo
Publisher: W. Gregg & Company Limited
Size: Album, 235mm x 207mm (9 1/4 x 8 1/8inches) approx.; Each card is 58mm x 45mm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches) approx.
Condition: Incomplete set.
In the 1960s and 1970s, W. Gregg and Co. of Dunedin began producing trading cards in packets of Greggs jelly crystal. In 1976, however, paintings for a new series, Rare and Endangered Birds of New Zealand, were produced by leading local printmaker and designer Eileen Mayo (1906–1994).
“British-born Mayo was a versatile artist who worked on a broad range of commissions throughout her career, including book illustration for London publishers, and travel posters and designs for postage stamps and coins in Australia. Moving from Sydney to New Zealand in 1962, Mayo’s design work here included the 1969 Cook Bicentenary postage stamp issue, and 1970 definitive stamps of butterflies and fish.”
“Mayo received the Rare and Endangered Birds commission while living in Dunedin, working part-time at Otago Museum on a variety of projects. Assistant Director John Darby and his wife Marie were approached by Gregg’s to write the album’s text, and as close friends of Mayo’s were instrumental in her gaining the commission. Mayo was required to produce thirty–six paintings, including a cover. With the advantage of ready access to local collections and the expertise and knowledge of others, she also brought to the task an innate passion for natural history. Discussing the work regularly with her friends as it progressed, Mayo took great pains to ensure accurate depiction of all details, including appropriate habitats and plant life. She spent eight months on the paintings, and completed them in Christchurch after moving here at the end of 1976.”
Credit: Ken Hall, Christchurch Art Gallery
Artist: Eileen Mayo
Publisher: W. Gregg & Company Limited
Size: Each card is 58mm x 45mm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches) approx.
Condition: Complete set
— NO album.
In the 1960s and 1970s, W. Gregg and Co. of Dunedin began producing trading cards in packets of Greggs jelly crystal. In 1976, however, paintings for a new series, Rare and Endangered Birds of New Zealand, were produced by leading local printmaker and designer Eileen Mayo (1906–1994).
“British-born Mayo was a versatile artist who worked on a broad range of commissions throughout her career, including book illustration for London publishers, and travel posters and designs for postage stamps and coins in Australia. Moving from Sydney to New Zealand in 1962, Mayo’s design work here included the 1969 Cook Bicentenary postage stamp issue, and 1970 definitive stamps of butterflies and fish.”
“Mayo received the Rare and Endangered Birds commission while living in Dunedin, working part-time at Otago Museum on a variety of projects. Assistant Director John Darby and his wife Marie were approached by Gregg’s to write the album’s text, and as close friends of Mayo’s were instrumental in her gaining the commission. Mayo was required to produce thirty–six paintings, including a cover. With the advantage of ready access to local collections and the expertise and knowledge of others, she also brought to the task an innate passion for natural history. Discussing the work regularly with her friends as it progressed, Mayo took great pains to ensure accurate depiction of all details, including appropriate habitats and plant life. She spent eight months on the paintings, and completed them in Christchurch after moving here at the end of 1976.”
Credit: Ken Hall, Christchurch Art Gallery
Commemoration gift set of coasters to celebrate Europa Oil NZ Ltd
first 50 years in 1981.
The illustrations on the coasters are taken from New Zealand chromolithograph christmas cards published by A. D. Willis, Wanganui in the 1880s.
Size: 120mm X 91mm (4 3/4 X 3 5/8 inches) approximately
Condition: Complete set.