BARNUM (PHINEAS TAYLOR) (1810-1891) A REMARKABLE GROUP OF PERSONAL EFFECTS OF THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN

BARNUM (PHINEAS TAYLOR) (1810-1891) A REMARKABLE GROUP OF PERSONAL EFFECTS OF THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN SHOWMAN AND HIS ENGLISH SECOND WIFE, NANCY, NEE FISH COMPRISING1. Pair of miniature shoes of General Tom Thumb, of fine dark purple leather, wool lined, silvered metal buckle, 6.5cm l, sole impressed with an indistinct monogram and 62. General Tom Thumb souvenir medallion, white metal by Allen & Moore, Birmingham, issued by P T Barnum 1844, obverse General Tom Thumb after the design by Charles Bauginet for the lithograph published 1844, obverse coach and horses, 38mm3. North American silver mounted black sealskin purse by Tiffany & Co, the flap applied with crisply chased silver daisies, 11cm w, impressed under the flap Mrs P T Barnum Bridgeport Conn, mounts marked TIFFANY & CO M STERLING, sealskin impressed in blind SEAL and TIFFANY & CO NEW YORK PARIS LONDON and a contemporary matching wallet by the same, similarly impressed Mrs P T Barnum Bridgeport Conn, mounts unmarked4. Calling card of Miss Nancy Barnum Leigh (1889-1909) with printed address 109 West 93rd Street, reverse inscribed by her in ink Wishing my dearest Grandma Barnum a happy Easter from her devoted granddaughter Nancy, 5 x 7.5cm5. Victorian walnut workbox, with coloured straw work banding, the interior fitted with a tray, applied with the gilt initials PB to the flap under the lid, 29cm w6. Victorian electroplated teapot, coffee pot and sugar basin, engraved with the initial B, mother of pearl knops, coffee pot 24cm h, marked BMEP, late 19th c7. Brine (Mary D) Grandma's Attic Treasures A Story of Old-Time Memories, 4to (20 x 16cm), frontispiece and illustrations in the text, inscribed by P T Barnum in ink on the front free endpaper To My Mother in Law Fish with Wishes for a Merry Xmas P T Barnum 1887, aesthetic style embossed fan patterned light brown limp leather sewn with yellow thread, New York, 18878. Barnum (N) The Last Chapter In Memoriam of P T Barnum, 4to (21 x 16cm), 19pp, portrait frontispiece and one plate with tissue guards, copy No 1 (in red ink), marbled paste downs and endpapers, contemporary black morocco with gilt lettered title with scroll flourishes within double fillets, gilt dentelles, aeg, privately published, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 18939. Black silk lady's parasol with bamboo shaft and engraved silver mounted faux tortoiseshell swan neck handle, brass tip, 92cm, late 19th c10. Miniature silver playing card box of pillar shape, the square top engraved with the coronet of a baron and initials NBA, having glazed front, the sides stamped with leafy scrolls, 5cm h, by Samuel Jacob, London 1905, containing two packs of 52 contemporary playing cards published by Goodall, London11. Societe des Amis de Malmaison membership card issued in the name of Madame La Baronne d'Alexandry d'Orengiani, 6 x 10cm, c190012. Silver, blue enamel and paste set locket containing a photograph of man, probably the Baron d'Alexandry d'Orengiani, 43mm h, including loop, in contemporary blue silk covered box of MAISON MARTEL… PARIS13. Sedgwick (Jane Minot) Love Songs from the Greek, 12mo, printed in green and purple, half title, velum covered boards gilt, aeg, 190314. Glass beaker engraved with the coronet of a baron and monogram AO, in electroplated holder, 11.5cm h, by Hukin & Heath of Birmingham, maker's mark and 1253315. Framed leaf of notepaper inscribed in pencil with scores of three rounds of a game for four players, the players comprising [Baron Frederic] d'Alexandry [d'Orengiani] (1829-1894) (who won each of the three games) the Prince Imperial (1856-1879), Napoleon Charles Bonaparte 5th Prince Canino (1839-1899) and M. de Turenne, 16 x 10.5cm, framed by F Dupre 141 Faubourg Saint Honore16. Three black bordered cotton handkerchiefs, monogrammed NBC, c189517. Pair of fine French kid leather lady's gloves, glover's stamp in blue ink GANT PERRIN A LA CHEVETTE 45 AV DE OPERA PARIS or 71/4 DEPOSE SUEDE EXTRA 204 with a contemporary envelope inscribed in ink Gloves Worn When I Called on the Empress Eugene at… Paris Aug 1900 Her Majesty Having Sent for me by Mme…18. Three lace edged and black bordered cotton handkerchiefs with coronet and Nina and one other19. Three cotton handkerchiefs with woven coronet of a baron and A, c190020. Cotton tray cloth embroidered in blue and black with shield bearing the initials NBA and supporters, early 20th c21. Ladies clothing, principally comprising good quality silk, cotton white undergarments, bodice, underskirt, pleated black silk chiffon full length skirt, pink silk and white crochet full length skirt, silk and other shawls, white and black lace accessories including cuffs, collars, trimmings and lengths of unused lace, christening gowns and other babies clothes including two pairs of satin lined ivory kid leather shoes, sizes 0 & 2 and a similar sized pair of black leather shoes with hard leather sole, thirteen pairs of kid leather ladies gloves, mainly French, various lengths including opera gloves, several with mother of pearl buttons (up to three pairs), three pairs of bone and other glove stretchers, three various parasols and an unusual light blue silk and light wood handled child's parasol with faceted glass pommel, all late 19th-early 20th c Provenance: Nancy, Baroness d'Alexandry d'Orengiani (1850-1927)