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Item Details
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| Heading: |
(Carroll, Lewis) |
| Author: |
Tenniel, John |
| Title: |
Six Hand-Painted Alice in Wonderland Porcelain Plaques used as menu cards at Tenniel family dinners |
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206024 |
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| Sale Number |
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424 |
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10 |
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| The Library of Roger Wagner |
| Sale Date |
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03/18/2010 |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 20,000 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 30,000 |
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| Description: |
| Six small hand-painted porcelain plaques by John Tenniel, each with its own wrought-iron miniature easel. Each has a character from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass taking up about a quarter of the plaque, with the remainder blank, and "Menu" written at the top of each. The plaques measure 5x3½; the easels are about 7½" high. |
| Marvelous and unique group of original hand-painted plaques used as menu cards for the Tenniel family dinners, descended in the family over the years. The night's fare was evidently written in the blank spaces with a crayon or grease pencil, then wiped off after the meal was completed. The characters pictured are The White Rabbit (with his pocket-watch), the Mock Turtle (crying away), the Frog Footman (delivering a letter), the Walrus (without the Oysters and the Carpenter), the Leg of Mutton (taking a bow), and a frog with a rake. The plaques have a small wooden case with a removable top, on which is a label with writing "China (Delicate)". The case top has two sides missing, some other wear. |
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| The White Rabbit's ears have rubbed off (alas), as has the word Menu on that plaque, four other plaques with the word Menu partially rubbed, otherwise in fine condition, unchipped, the pictures bright. |
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