Novelties Collection

Some Cricket Novelties
To be introduced next season, official. For the assistance of fielders and batsman. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Advert for Parkins and Gotto electrical novelties 1906
Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties, including a working model of the Metropolitan electric railway train with

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (front cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (front cover), Price List of Carnival Novelties. 1939

Catalogue published by M. Samuel & Co. for Christmas 1891
Catalogue published by M. Samuel & Co. 31 Houndsditch, London for Christmas 1891 advertising screens and cabinets, small lacquered goods, lanterns, fans, toys

Shop window design, Easter Novelties! 1937

Advert for French Carnival Novelties, 1920 Date: 1920

Advert for cabaret and carnival novelties, London, 1922
Advert for cabaret and carnival novelties from Scott & Drenon and Kelsy & Scott, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Main staircase, Harlem Park, Rockford, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Advert for Swan and Edgar - Christmas present ideas 1928
A selection of weird looking gifts for smokers, all available from Swan and Edgar. Date: 1928

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Novelty Party Hats. 1939

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Novelty Balloons and Airships. 1939

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Christmas Decorations. 1939

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Carnival Novelties. 1939

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Carnival Bunting. 1939

Stationery, Crystalate Manufacturing Co Ltd, Billiards and Pool Balls, Poker Chips and Counters, Dominoes, Draughts, Screw Stoppers, Bottle Tops, Tonbridge, Kent. 1900

Christmas present - wooden raven 1909
Xmas gift for Christmas, novel moving wooden raven on wheels, when drawn alone its head sways, eyes roll and beak opens. 1909

Christmas present - Lucky silver devil cigar lighter 1909
One way of giving-up smoking! This terrifying lucky silver devil cigar lighter, available from Mappin & Webb. 1909

Advert for Parkins & Gotto 1895
Selection of novelty Christmas presents. 1895

Christmas present - Monkey Jug 1893
Monkey Jug, to put on your Christmas list! In finest crystal glass with chased hall marked silver mounts. Date: 1893

Christmas present - Dragon, smoking set 1922
The Dragon, original galalithe smoking set, made in various attractive colours. 1925

Christmas present - gong and matchholder 1927
Everybodies must have! Unusual looking duck gong and matcherholder insect, available from Marshall and Snelgrove s. 1927

Christmas present - Dutch doll sugar tongs 1922
Novelty sterling silver Dutch doll sugar tongs with enamelled face, available by Vickery of Regent Street. 1922

Novelties in hats, bonnets and fans 1886
Page selection of fashionable hats for women for 1886. Date: 1886

Advert for Hancock & Co. novelty jewellery 1890 Advert for Hancock & Co
Novelty jewellery for Christmas. Date: 1890

Cat telephone cosy from Selfridges, 1919
Ideas for Christmas gifts from Selfridges. This quaint conceit is a telephone cosy in the shape of a cat. Everyone needs one of these in their life. Date: 1919

Advert for J. C Vickery personalised jewellery 1912
Personalised disc shape pendants arranged with any border in diamonds, pearls or gold with a letter in the centre and a interchangable enamel backpiece. 1912

Wilson & Gill Scott Antarctic expedition souvenirs
Advertisement for Wilson and Gill, goldsmiths of Regent Street, offering a range of souvenirs commemorating the ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1912 led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Houndsditch, London - Novelty Shops
Houndsditch, London - The Centre of the Novelties Trade. Looking toward the Parish and Ward Church of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate Date: circa 1908

G Sparagnapane Novelty Christmas crackers
Page from a catalogue advertising the various ingenious novelty Christmas cracker boxes available from G Sparagnapane and Co in the form of a piano, cottage, tram, submarine, train and fire engine

Parkins and Gotto
Advertisement from 1905 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties and toys available, including torches, a roulette wheel and a conjuring table

Fashionable jewels 1933
Model wearing ornamental jewellery with time watch which fastens on top of the womens clothing by Ciro. 1933

Advert for Bensons jewellery 1893
Novelty victorian jewellery for Christmas, with a secret or puzzle padlock, that you can ordered with personal letters to your bracelet. 1893

The Babes in the Wood, John Walters Company production
The Babes in the Wood, flyer for Mr and Mrs John Walters Company, who have made arrangements to tour the West of England with their Superbly Beautiful Production

Advert for carnival lines by A. I. Chesney of London, 1921
Advert for carnival lines by A.I. Chesney of London, 1921 Date: 1921

Advert for J. W Benson novelty jewellery 1888
Seletion of novelty jewellery, with floral and symmetric design for brooches, pendants and bracelets, available for J. W Benson, jewellers in Old Bond, Street, London. 1888

Advert for Kelsey and Scott, Artistic Carnival Novelties, 1921. Everything for fancy dress, balls and carnivals Date: 1921

Advert for Bensons jewellery and bracelet watches 1889
Selection of novelty jewellery all with lucky moonstones and set with diamonds, and also a variety of womens bracelet wristwatches. All available from Bensons jewelers, Bond Street, London. 1889

Advert for Bensons Christmas jewellery 1889
Novelty jewellery to celebrate the 90 date (1890s) and also a variety of Christmas related theme brooches including holly, mistletoe and ivy, and also a selection of womens bracelet wristwatches

Mechanical Pieces, Plate 186, showing a range of items including a bird tree with clock, a monkey conjuror or magician, a sleeping beauty, a woman at a sewing machine, a bird in a cage

Art pottery, Latest Novelties, Plate 90, showing vases, jugs, jars and other items in a range of styles and patterns. Date: circa 1880s

Art pottery, Latest Novelties, Plate 89, showing vases, jugs, jars and other items in a range of styles and patterns. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Godwin & Son, jewellery 1892
A seletion of bracelets, brooches, earrings, in black with fine pearls, onyx and diamonds, designed for the mourning for the death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale

Main Street in Tangier (Tangiers), Morocco, with the Cafe des Postes (left) and a department store in the middle. Date: circa 1905

So This Is London by Arthur Goodrich
Novelty promotional postcard for So This Is London by Arthur Goodrich (Hudson Theatre, New York, 30th August 1922). First produced Prince of Wales Theatre

Advert for Columbian Trio Concert Company, Ohio, USA
Advertisement on a postcard for the Columbian Trio Concert Company of West Salem, Ohio, USA, offering instrumental and vocal music. Date: 1910

Gifts for soldiers from J. C. Vickery, WW1
Advertisement for J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jewellers, with two suggestions out of their various novelties and comforts for men on active service - a weatherproof match box

Match box with wind screen, World War One
A combined silver match box and wind screen, a novelty but nevertheless extremely useful to men at the front and available from Charles Packer and Co of Regent Street, London

Coronation preparations at Harrods by Matania
A busy scene at Harrods department store, showing the vast array of Coronation novelties in the making to decorate the shop front and surrounding streets. Date: 1911

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