ALL ITEMS IN THE ARCHIVE HAVE BEEN SOLD:
Ephemera listed here are for reference only. They represent a selection of items that have been sold through the New Zealand Birds Greytown Gallery or through this web site.
COASTERS
Coasters
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
CIGARETTE CARDS
SERIES TITLE:
New Zealand Birds
(A series of 50)
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.
ROYAL VISIT, 19 June 1901
MENU:
Reception Supper, 1901
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.
ROYAL VISIT, 19 June 1901
PROGRAMME
of State Concert
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.
MUSIC SCORE
The Huia Song
(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
The legend of the cuckoo
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.
