BRYANT & MAY, MATCH MANUFACTURERS, A COLLECTION
COMPRISING DESIGNS AND SAMPLES FOR MATCH BOXES AND PUBLIC HOUSE SIGNS
£350
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
5 original watercolours, framed, for the Bryant & May 'Top Dogs' matchstick covers comprising a Yorkshire Terrier, Old English Sheepdog, Poodle, Jack Russell and Corgi, each 110 x 110mm; 10 original drawings for pub swing-sign designs comprising a red lion rampant, a bell, a swan, a farmer ploughing, the pig & whistle, the Royal Oak featuring the head of Charles II, a man playing chess, a rose and crown, a bull chasing a boy and a portrait of George IV, each mounted, 130 x 115mm; 3 sheets with laid-down samples of match box covers, 39 covers in total, including those for St. Jones's Lucifers, Watt's Chlorate Matches or Lucifers, S. Molyneux's Lucifers, Celestial Congreves and others; AND 65 print blocks commissioned by Bryant & May, with letter returning the printing blocks, with list of whom they were made for, from Johnston Riddle & Co, Printers to The Book Match Dept., Bryant & May, 2 Feb. 1971