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Session One
Friday, November 21, 2 pm
4038 Magazine
W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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Neal Auction is pleased to present
an important family collection of
treasures from the
Golden Age of
Mardi Gras
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The Isabel Spelman Devereux Collection of Treasures
from the Golden Age of Mardi Gras
As a small child Isabel Spelman (1883-1955) began to save her
parents’ and older sisters’ ball invitations and favors. Eldest sister
Mary Mersereau (Mamie) was a maid in the Proteus Court of
1889, sister Caroline Burnett (Carrie) was Queen of Carnival in
1892 and sister Anna Lovisa (Nannie) was a maid in the Rex Court
of 1892. Isabel herself would be a maid in the Rex Court of
1904.
Her father, Mark R. Spelman, was president of Colonial Sugar
Company and a founder of the Honey Island Railroad. The family’s
New Orleans residence was 1441 First Street; they also maintained
a home in New York.
The collection has descended to her granddaughter who writes:
My grandmother, Beo, Isabel Spelman Devereux, grew up loving
Mardi Gras. She was the youngest, by twelve years, of four sisters
and by the time she was eight, her older sisters were participating
in the glamorous social whirl that was Carnival. Gowns and
gloves, parasols and fans and mountains of invitations filled her
life. Unfolding the magical ball invitations that were sent to her mother and sisters and eventually to her,
enchanted her imagination all of her life.
When Beo decided I was old enough and careful enough, she shared her box of enchantments with me. We
would pore over each color-filled invitation or dance card and she would tell me stories of her dancing days
or we would make up our own fanciful tales. I loved them as much as she did and I always had permission
to haul out the Best & Co. box that lived under her bed and housed her Mardi Gras treasure trove.
In her hall closet another box held her Carnival bulletins, and on special occasions when there was plenty of
time, we would haul out four or five papers to carefully unfold on the floor and pretend it was Mardi Gras
day. My brother, Devereux, and I, draped in the costume jewels
of our grandfathers, would often pretend to be King and Queen
of whatever parades happened to be rolling that day. We had
Mardi Gras whenever we wanted.
Neal Auction Company is pleased to present this special family
collection and would like to thank noted historian Henri Schindler
and Wayne Phillips, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, Louisiana
State Museum, for their kind assistance with the catalogue.
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The Isabel Spelman Devereux Collection of Treasures
from the Golden Age of Mardi Gras, lots 1-174
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W 1. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus,
8. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball
favor pin, 1914, theme “Tales from Chaucer”.
4
ball favor pin, 1891, theme “Demonology”. Note:
Loss to enamel.
$400/600
$300/500
2. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of
Comus, rare sterling silver and
enamel ball favor pin, c. 1900. Note:
Missing clasp.
9. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth
Night Revelers, rare sterling
silver gilt and enamel ball favor
pin, 1905, theme “A Night in
Japan”.
$300/500
$400/600
W 3. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe
of Comus, sterling silver gilt and
enamel ball favor pin,
1900, theme “Stories of
the Golden Age”.
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10. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth
Night Revelers, sterling silver
gilt and enamel ball pin
favor, 1913, theme “The
Origin and Quaint
Customs of Twelfth
Night”.
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$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Arthur
Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New
Orleans, Arthur Hardy
Enterprises: New Orleans,
2003, p.28.
$400/600
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4. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus,
sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin,
1901, theme “Selections from the Operas”.
9
11. [Mardi Gras],
Twelfth Night Revelers,
ball favor pin, 1923,
theme “Ayesha”.
$400/600
5. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus,
sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, 1902,
theme “The Fairy Kingdom”.
$400/600
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri
Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Treasures, Jewelry of the
Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company: Gretna,
2006, p. 31; and Arthur
Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New
Orleans, Arthur Hardy
2003, p. 28.
6. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball
favor pin, 1905, theme “The Lost Pleiad”.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New
Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p.
28.
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Golden Age, Pelican
2006, p. 109.
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12
Golden Age, Pelican
2006, p. 109.
12. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus, ball
favor pin, c. 1900,
marked “M. Scooler,
N.O”.
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7. [Mardi Gras],
Mistick Krewe of
Comus, ball favor
pin, 1913, theme
“Time’s Mysteries”.
$300/500
13. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus, ball
favor pin, c. 1900.
$400/600
13
$300/500
19. [Mardi
Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball favor
pin, 1915, theme
“Tales of the How
and Why”.
16
$300/500
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14. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus,
sterling silver gilt and
1900, theme “Legends
from the Court of King
Arthur”.
20. [Mardi
Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball favor
pin, 1924, theme
“The Jatakamala Tales of Buddha’s
Lives”.
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$300/500
Note: Illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s
Mardi Gras Treasures,
Jewelry of the Golden
Age, Pelican
Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2006, p. 136.
$300/500
Note: The Louisiana State
Museum’s Mardi Gras
Collection includes examples
of this pin.
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15. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus,
1904, marked “Adler,
N.O.”, theme “Visions of
the World’s Vanities”.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 138.
$300/500
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16. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus, rare
ball favor pin, possibly
1905, theme “Vathek”.
22. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, rare
ball favor pin, possibly 1896, theme “Dumb
Society”.
$300/500
17. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus,
sterling silver and enamel
ball favor pin, 1907,
theme “The Quest of the
Fountain of Youth”.
21. [Mardi
Gras], Krewe of
Proteus, ball favor
pin, 1889, marked “Frantz & Opitz”, theme
“The Hindoo Heavens”.
$300/500
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Note: Probably made in New Orleans, relates
to examples made by Maurice Scooler.
23. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus,
ball pin favor, 1897, theme “Orlando
Furioso (Aristo)”.
21
$300/500
$300/500
W 24. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of
18. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus,
1913, theme “Above the
Clouds”.
25
$400/600
Proteus, ball favor pin, 1904, theme
“The Alphabet”. Note: Loss to
enamel.
$200/400
25. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1905, theme “The
Rubaiyat”.
$300/500
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26
27
28
29
32
31
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36. [Mardi Gras], Rex,
Ducal Badge, 1883,
theme “Atlantis-The
Antediluvian World”,
presented in an antique,
probably original,
unmarked box.
$500/1000
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ball favor pin, 1906, theme “The
Inspiration of Proteus (Silver
Anniversary)”.
$300/500
ball favor pin, 1907, theme “The
Queen of the Serpents (from the
Thousand and One Nights)”.
$400/600
ball favor pin, 1909, theme
“Romances of Wales”.
$300/500
29. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon,
ball favor pin, possibly 1912, theme
“Satan Dethroned”.
$300/500
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W 30. [Mardi Gras], Elves of
34. [Mardi Gras], Atlanteans,
rare sterling silver and enamel
ball favor pin, c. 1900, by
Gorham.
Oberon, ball favor pin, possibly
1912, theme “Satan
Dethroned”. Note: Loss to
enamel.
$200/300
31. [Mardi Gras], Elves of
Oberon, ball favor pin, 1914,
theme “Le Grand Trianon”.
$400/600
Oberon, ball favor pin, 1914,
theme “Le Grand Trianon”.
$300/500
Oberon, ball favor pin, probably
1925, theme “The Carnival of
Venice”.
$400/600
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$400/600
Note: The Louisiana State Museum
Mardi Gras Collection includes an
example of this pin.
W 35. [Mardi Gras], a
silvered charm bracelet fitted
with a collection of ball favor
pins including: TNR, 1905;
Atlanteans, 1905; Momus,
1908; Momus, 1910; TNR,
1908, Momus, 1991; Momus
peacock; Momus Japanese
lady; and Harlequin head mask;
all drilled.
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Henry
Golden Age, Pelican
2000, p. 61; and in Stephen
Hales’ Rex, An Illustrated
History of the School of
Design, Arthur Hardy
Enterprises, Inc., Mandeville,
2010, p. 51.
Ducal Badge, 1904,
theme “In the Realm of
Imagination”, ribbon
detached but retained,
associated box.
$400/600
Golden Age, Pelican
2006, p. 84.
38. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick
Krewe of Comus, ball
invitation, 1871, theme
“Spencer’s Faerie Queen”, (1
pc.)
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur
Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans,
2003, p. 32.
invitation, envelope, and 25th
anniversary card, 1882, theme
“The Worships of the World”,
designed by Charles Briton, (3
pcs.)
$500/700
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Krewe of Comus, ball invitation and
envelope, 1884, theme “Illustrated Ireland”,
(2 pcs.)
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New
Orleans, 2003, p.27.
Note: The 1884 Comus ball is considered the first to
include a court: daughters of the Confederacy
Mildred and Mary Lee, Winnie Davis and Nannie Hill,
who were invited as special guests. Mildred Lee,
who danced the first quadrille with Comus, is
considered the first queen of the Mistick Krewe.
Reference: Schindler, Henri. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Flammarian:
Paris, 1997, p. 79.
41. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of
Comus, parade booklet, 1884, published by
The Royal Publisher, The Times-Democrat,
New Orleans, theme “Illustrated Ireland”, (1
pc.)
$400/600
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invitation, envelope, and two
admit cards, 1892, theme
“Nippon, the Land of the Rising
Sun “ designed by Jennie
Wilde, (4 pcs.)
W 42. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
invitation, 1891, theme
“Demonology “, designed by
Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.)
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of
the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing
Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 22-3.
$700/900
Note: Winnie Davis, the younger
daughter of Confederate President
Jefferson Davis, was queen in 1892.
In keeping with the theme, she and
her court wore silk-satin kimonos.
Invitation illustrated in Henri
Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures,
Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000,
pp. 24-5
43
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46. [Mardi Gras], The
Mistick Krewe of Comus,
dance card, 1898, theme
“Scenes from
Shakespeare”, designed
by Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.)
$300/500
Treasures, Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican
2000, p. 28.
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ball invitation, envelope,
and dance card, 1899,
theme “Josephus”,
designed by Jennie Wilde
(3 pcs.)
$700/900
Golden Age, Pelican
2000, pp. 30-1; dance card
illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s
Mardi Gras in New Orleans,
Arthur Hardy Enterprises:
New Orleans, 2003, p. 51,
and Errol Laborde’s Mardi
Gras, Chronicles of New
Orleans Carnival, Pelican
Publishing Company: New
Orleans, 2013, p. 41.
45
48
ball invitation, envelope,
admit card and dance
card, 1900, theme
“Stories of the Golden
Age”, designed by Jennie
Wilde, (4 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Invitation illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Golden Age, Pelican
2000, pp. 32-3.
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44. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus,
ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1896,
theme “The Months and Seasons of the Year”,
designed by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing
Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 26.
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45. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of
Comus, ball invitation and two envelopes,
1897, theme “Homer’s Odyssey”, designed
by Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.)
$600/900
Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican
Krewe of Comus, ball invitation,
envelope, dance card and two admit
cards, 1902, theme “The Fairy
Kingdom”, (5 pcs.)
$1200/1800
50. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus, ball invitation
and two admit cards, 1903,
theme “A Leaf from the
Mahabarata”, designed by
Jennie Wilde, (3 pcs.)
$600/900
Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri
Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures,
Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000,
p. 36.
51. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
invitation, envelope, admit
card, call-out card and dance
card with pencil, 1905, theme
“The Lost Pleiad”, designed by
Jennie Wilde, (5 pcs.)
$1000/1200
Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri
Schindler’s book Mardi Gras
Treasures, Invitations of the Golden
Age, Pelican
Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 39.
52. [Mardi
Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus,
Golden
Anniversary Ball
invitation and
envelope, 1906,
theme “The
Masque of
Comus”, designed
by Jennie Wilde (2
pcs.)
50
53
51
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s
Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 39.
54
54. [Mardi Gras], Mystic Krewe of Comus, ball
invitation and dance card with pencil, 1914, theme
“Tales from Chaucer”, design by Jennie Wilde, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
53. [Mardi
Gras], Mystick
Krewe of Comus,
ball invitation,
envelope and
dance card with
pencil, 1909,
theme “Flights of
Fancy”, designed
by Jennie Wilde, (3
pcs.)
W 55. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball
invitation, envelope and admit card, 1885, theme
“Domino”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
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$800/1200
W 56. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball
invitation, 1896, theme “That Orbed Maiden with White
Fur Laden”, (1 pc.)
$200/400
Note: Dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden
Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 41.
13
W 58. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night
Revelers, ball invitation and envelope,
1902, theme “The Birthnight of the
Hummingbird (Goodrich)”, (2 pcs.)
$200/400
59. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night
Revelers, ball invitation, envelope, two
admit cards and dance card, 1904,
theme “Harlequin”, (5 pcs.)
$500/700
W 60. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night
Revelers, ball invitation and envelope,
1908, theme “Court of Misrule”, (2
pcs.)
$200/400
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61. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night
Revelers, ball invitation, 1911, theme
“The Battle of the Flowers”; and
dance card with pencil, 1912, theme
“The Butterfly”, (2 pcs.)
61
$400/600
62. [Mardi Gras], Rex
ball invitation and
envelope, 1882, theme
“Pursuit of Pleasure”,
designed by Charles
Briton, (2 pcs.)
$600/900
Golden Age, Pelican
pp. 50-1; and Arthur Hardy’s
Mardi Gras in New Orleans,
Arthur Hardy Enterprises:
New Orleans, 2003, p. 40.
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63. [Mardi Gras], Rex
ball invitation, envelope
and admit card, 1881,
theme “Arabian Nights
Tales”, designed by
Charles Briton (3 pcs.)
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$700/900
Note: Ball invitation
illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Invitations of the Golden Age,
Pelican Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 52; and
Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, Arthur Hardy
2003, p. 40.
57. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball
invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899,
theme “The Realm of the Butterflies”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
Note: Dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
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W 64. [Mardi
Gras], Twelfth
Night Revelers, ball
program, 1938,
theme “A
Reminiscence of
Lafcadio Hearn”;
ball program,
1934, theme “The
Emperor’s New
Clothes”; and ball
program, 1959,
theme “Holders of
the Gold and Silver
Beans”, (3 pcs.)
$400/600
Note: The 1938 ball
program illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s
Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican
Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 83.
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65. [Mardi
Gras], Rex, ball
invitation,
invitation
envelope, outer
envelope and two
admit cards, 1883,
theme “Atlantis,
the Antediluvian
World”,
lithography by F.
Appel, Paris (5
pcs.)
$1000/1200
Note: Admit card and
invitation envelope
illustrated in Henri
Treasures: Invitations
of the Golden Age,
Pelican Publishing
Company: Gretna,
2000, p. 53.
68
68. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation and envelope, 1901,
theme “Human Passions and Characteristics” (2 pcs.)
$600/800
69
W 66. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1887,
theme “Music and Drama” (2 pcs.)
$300/500
Note: Admit card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 57; and Stephen W. Hales’
Rex, an Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans,
2010, p. 78.
67. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation and envelope, 1894, theme
“Illustrations From Literature”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom (2 pcs.)
69. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation and
envelope, 1882, theme “The Ramayana”, design by Charles
Briton (2 pcs.)
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of
the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 108-9;
and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises:
New Orleans, 2003, p. 43.
W 70. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation,
envelope and admit card, 1887, theme “Myths of the New
World” (3 pcs.)
$700/900
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 64-5.
15
W 73. [Mardi
Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball
invitation and
dance card with
pencil, 1899,
theme “Cinderella,
or The Little Glass
Slipper”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
W 74. [Mardi
71
Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball
invitation and
dance card with
pencil, 1902,
theme “Byron’s
Poems”, (2 pcs.)
75
$400/600
75. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope,
admit card and dance card, 1904, theme “Visions of the World’s
Vanities”, (4 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the
Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 116.
W 76. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, invitation, envelope and
admit card, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”, (3
pcs.)
$400/600
72
77. [Mardi
Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball
invitation,
envelope and
dance card, 1909,
theme “Signs and
Superstitions”,
designed by Jennie
Wilde (3 pcs.)
$600/900
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71. [Mardi Gras], Knights of
Momus, ball invitation, envelope and
3 admit cards, 1883, theme “The
Moors of Spain”, (5 pcs.)
72. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball
invitation, envelope, admit card and dance
card, 1892, theme “Aladdin or The
Wonderful Lamp” (4 pcs.)
$800/1200
$800/1000
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri
Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations
of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing
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Note: The dance card
Schindler’s Mardi
Gras, New Orleans,
Flammarion: Paris,
1997, p. 79.
78. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball
invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil,
1911, theme “The Language of Flowers”, (3 pcs.)
$600/900
W 79. [Mardi Gras],
Knights of Momus,
dance card with pencil,
1914, theme “Odds and
Ends of Nonsense”,
designed by Jennie
Wilde, (1 pc.)
$400/600
Schindler’s Mardi Gras, New
Orleans, Flammarion: Paris,
1997, p. 78.
80. [Mardi Gras],
Krewe of Proteus, ball
invitation, envelope and
admit card, 1886, theme
“Visions of Other Worlds”, designed by
Carlotta Bonnecaze, (3 pcs.)
80
$700/900
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Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age,
Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 126.
W 81. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus,
ball invitation and envelope, 1887, theme
“Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
82. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball
invitation, envelope, two admit cards and
“Legends of the Middles Ages”, lithography
by F. Appel, Paris, (5 pcs.)
$1000/1200
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Note: Ball invitation and dance card illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of
the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, pp. 127-128.
invitation, two envelopes (different sizes),
and dance card, 1889, theme “The Hindoo
Heavens”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze,
(4 pcs.) Note: condition.
84
ball invitation, 1892, theme “A Dream of
the Vegetable Kingdom”, (1 pc.)
$600/900
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 130-1.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New
Orleans, 2003, p. 37.
invitation, envelope and admit card, 1890,
theme “Elfland”, designed by Carlotta
Bonnecaze, lithography by F. Appel, Paris (3
pcs.)
invitation and envelope, 1897, theme
“Orlando Furioso”, design by Bror Anders
Wikstrom, (2 pcs.)
$700/900
$500/700
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age,
86
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ball invitation, two envelopes and
“E Pluribus Unum”, design by Bror
Anders Wikstrom (4 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri
ball invitation, 2 envelopes, and two
admit cards, 1902, theme “Flora’s
Feast”, (5 pcs.)
90
$800/1200
ball invitation, two envelopes and
admit card, 1903, theme
“Cleopatra”, (4 pcs.)
88
$700/900
Note: Admit card illustrated in Henri
two ball invitations, envelope, and
“The Alphabet”, (4 pcs.)
91
$700/900
92. [Mardi
Gras], Krewe of
Proteus, two
programs for the
Silver Anniversary
Ball, envelope,
dance card and
two admit cards,
1906, theme “The
Inspiration of
Proteus”, design
by Bror Anders
Wikstrom, (6 pcs.)
89
$800/1200
92
W 87. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of
Proteus, ball invitation, 1898, theme
“A Trip to Wonderland”, (1 pc.)
$400/600
Note: Program
invitation and envelope, 1909, theme “Romances
of Wales”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
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Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures,
Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 143.
94. [Mardi Gras],
Krewe of Proteus, ball
invitation, envelope, two
admit cards, and call-out
card, 1907, theme “The
Queen of the Serpents”,
(5 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation
illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Invitations of the Golden Age,
Pelican Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 140.
94
W 95. [Mardi Gras], Krewe
of Proteus, ball invitation and
“Astrology”, (2 pcs.)
101
$400/600
96. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of
Proteus, ball invitation, 2
envelopes, admit card and
dance card, 1913, theme
“Adventures of Telemachus”,
(5 pcs.)
$600/900
101. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball
invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899,
theme “The Temple of Fame (Alexander
Pope)”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
96
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in
Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Treasures, Invitations of the Golden
Age, Pelican Publishing Company:
Gretna, 2000, p. 144.
W 102. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, two
W 97. [Mardi Gras], The
invitation, two envelopes, admit card, and
dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “The
Rainbow”, (5 pcs.)
ball invitations, envelope and admit card,
1902, theme “The Robes of Feathers (a
Japanese story by Fitzgerald)”, (4 pcs.)
$500/700
Atlanteans, ball invitation,
envelope, and admit card,
1892, theme “The Tempest”,
(3 pcs.)
$600/900
$500/700
W 104. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball
“Court of the Great Mogul Shah Jehan”, (2
pcs.)
Atlanteans, ball invitation and
envelope, 1893, theme “The
Bird Wife (Lafcadio Hearn)”, (2
pcs.)
$400/600
$500/700
103
Atlanteans, dance card, 1894,
theme “The Ballet of the
Season at Fontainebleau”, (1
pc.)
invitation, envelope and three dance cards
with two pencils, 1908, theme “The Realm
of Hyperion”, design by Jenny Wilde, (5
pcs.)
$300/500
$700/900
Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi
Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age,
Atlanteans, ball invitation,
envelope and dance card with
pencil, 1898, theme “The
Garden of Irem”, (3 pcs.)
$400/600
105
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W 109. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon,
ball invitation, envelope and dance card
with pencil, 1909, theme “The Ships that
Come In”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
110. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball
invitation, envelope and dance card, 1897,
theme “Coral Groves and Grottoes”, (3
pcs.)
$600/900
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 90-1; and
invitation illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises, 2003. p. 51.
106
111. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball
theme “The Inferno”, (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 91-2; and
Arthur Hardy’s Mardi
Gras in New Orleans,
Arthur Hardy
Enterprises: New
Orleans, 2003.
108
W 112. [Mardi
Gras], Krewe of
Nereus, ball
invitation and
dance card with
pencil, 1903,
theme “The Birth
of the Water Lily”,
(2 pcs.)
110
$500/700
113
W 107. [Mardi Gras], Elves of
Oberon, dance card with pencil,
1903, theme “When Folly Rules”, (1
pc.)
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi
Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden
Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna,
2000, p. 88.
111
106. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, dance card,
1901, theme “The Island of Dreams”; dance card
with pencil, 1911, theme “The Children of Fable
and Fiction”; and dance card with pencil, 1914,
theme “Le Grand Trianon”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
20
108. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon,
ball invitation, envelope and dance
card with pencil, 1905, theme “The
Secret of the Sphinx”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
113. [Mardi
Gras], Krewe of
Nereus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card,
call-out card, and dance card with pencil,
1905, theme “A Glimpse of Old Japan”, (5
pcs.)
$700/900
W 114. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus,
ball invitation and dance card with pencil,
1911, theme “The Garden of the Gods”, (2
pcs.)
$300/500
W 115. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus,
“Music, Rhyme and Song”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
116. [Mardi Gras], High
Priests of Mithras, ball
invitation, envelope and four
admit cards, 1904, theme “The
Story of Shah Nemah”, (6 pcs.)
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s
Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of
the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing
W 117. [Mardi Gras], High
Priests of Mithras, ball invitation
and envelope, 1906, theme
“The Vision of Jacob”, (2 pcs.)
116
$300/500
122
invitation, envelope and dance
card, 1909, theme “Mary,
Mary, Quite Contrary”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
invitation, envelope and two
admit cards, 1912, theme
“Legend of the Land of the
Gods (Princess Firefly)”, (4 pcs.)
120
$500/700
Phunny Phorty Phellows,
pop-up ball program, envelope
and two admit cards, 1882,
theme “The Days We
Celebrate”, (4 pcs.)
125
$800/1200
W 121. [Mardi Gras],
W 124. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,
Consus, ball invitation and
“Sherwood”, (2 pcs.)
$200/300
dance card, 1901, theme “Sir John’s Army”,
(1 pc.)
$500/700
125. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, ball
theme “The Birth of the Butterfly”, (3 pcs.)
Condition: Admit card torn into pieces.
122. [Mardi Gras], Consus,
ball invitation, envelope and
dance card with pencil, 1898,
theme “The Meeting of King
Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of
France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold”,
(3 pcs.)
123. [Mardi Gras], Consus, dance card
with pencil, 1901, theme “Shakespeare and
His Creations”, (1 pc.)
$600/900
$300/500
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 155-6.
Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 157; and
illustrated on the cover of the first edition of Perry
Young’s The Mistick Krewe, Chronicles of Comus
and his Kin.
123
$500/700
W 126. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, ball
invitation and envelope, 1905, theme “The
Wooing of Endymion by the Moon Goddess
(from William Morris)”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
21
132. [Mardi Gras], costume girdle,
c. 1900, hand-painted brass, marked
with masker’s placement/position
number, partially obscured by pin.
$200/300
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi
Gras Collection includes similar examples
from c. 1900.
133. [Mardi Gras], a costume
necklace of red and green “paste”
jewels, c. 1880.
$300/500
133
134. [Mardi Gras], a costume
necklace of green “paste” jewels, c.
1880.
130
$300/400
135. [Mardi Gras], probably Krewe
of Proteus, 1914, theme
“Gerusalemme Liberata”, costume
necklace set with a cross and glass
“coral” beads.
$300/500
Note: “Gerusalemme Liberata” was the last
of the Proteus balls designed by Jennie
Wilde, whose grandfather had translated the
epic poem into English.
132
134
W 136. [Mardi Gras], a pair of
W 127. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, admit card,
costume cuff bracelets set with blue
“paste” jewels, late 19th c.
1906, theme “Fridthjof the Valiant”, (1 pc.)
$150/250
$400/600
W 128. [Mardi Gras], Les Inconnues, ball invitation,
$200/400
137. [Mardi Gras], bejeweled brass
costume sword, early 20th c., marked
with masker’s placement/position
number 73, retains bright gilt surface.
W 129. [Mardi Gras], The Mittens, ball invitation and
$200/300
1904, (1 pc.)
dance card with pencil, 1909, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
W 138. [Mardi Gras], a pair of
costume ornaments set with blue and
white “paste” jewels, c. 1900.
130. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, 1884, theme
“The Aeneid”, two brass costume helmets, probably
French, one retaining original horsehair and marked with
masker’s placement/position number, 101.
$200/400
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi
Gras Collection includes similar examples.
These ornaments were sewn onto the
costumes.
$400/600
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes
similar examples from the 1880s.
135
W 131. [Mardi Gras], brass costume scimilar and
dagger, c. 1900.
$300/500
137
22
W 139. [Mardi Gras], a group of Art
Nouveau bejeweled costume fragments, late
19th/early 20th c., including two buckles
and a turban ornament.
$200/300
W 140. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1903, loving
cup, theme “Feasts and Fetes”, retains
some matte and burnished gilt surfaces.
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Errol Laborde’s Mardi Gras,
Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival, Pelican
142
141. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1905, gilt
trumpet vase with original box, theme
“Idealistic Queens”, retains some bright gilt
surface.
$300/500
141
142. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1906, pin
cushion, theme “In Utopia”, retains some
bright gilt surface and bright purple velvet.
$300/500
W 143. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1907, jewelry
box, theme “Visions of Nations”.
$300/500
146
Note: Illustrated in Errol Laborde’s Mardi Gras,
Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival, Pelican
Publishing Company: New Orleans, 2013, p. 148;
and Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of
the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New
Orleans, 2010, p. 74.
W 144. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1909, Art
Nouveau vase, theme “The Treasures of the
King”.
$200/400
145. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1910, letter
opener with original box, theme “The
Freaks of Fable”, retains original matte and
burnished gilt surfaces.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Stephen W. Hales’ Rex, an
Illustrated History of the School of Design, Pro Bono
Publico, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans,
2010, p. 75.
146. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1911, inkwell
with glass ink pot, theme “Arts and
Sciences”, retains matte and burnished gilt
surfaces.
$400/600
145
147. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1912, hand
mirror with original box, theme
“Phases of Nature”, bright gilt
surface.
147
W 149. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1914, silverplate
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Stephen W. Hales’ Rex,
an Illustrated History of the School of
Design, Pro Bono Publico, Arthur Hardy
Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p. 75.
W 148. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1913,
silverplate pin tray with original box,
theme “Enchantments and
Transformations”.
loving cup, theme “The Drama of the Year”.
$150/250
W 150. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1915, ceramic and
silver deposit sugar bowl with original box, theme
“Fragments from Song and Story”.
$300/500
$300/500
23
W 151. [Mardi Gras], Mystick
W 160. [Mardi Gras], Rex,
(sic) Krewe of Comus, February
24, 1903, theme “A Leaf from
the Mahabharata”, parade
bulletin, lithographer T.
Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed,
sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
February 20, 1912, theme
“Phases of Nature”, parade
bulletin, lithographer Walle &
Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x
42 in.
$400/600
$500/700
February 20, 1917, theme “The
Gifts of the Gods to Louisiana”,
parade bulletin, lithographer
Walle & Co., unframed, sheet
28 in. x 42 in.
16, 1904, theme “Izdubar”,
parade bulletin, lithographer T.
Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed,
153
$500/700
$500/700
W 162. [Mardi Gras], Knights
153. [Mardi Gras], Mystick
28, 1911, theme “Familiar
Quotations”, parade bulletin,
float designer Jennie Wilde,
lithographer Walle & Co.,
unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
of Momus, February 17, 1887,
theme “Myths of the New
World”, parade bulletin,
lithographer T. Fitzwilliam &
42 in.
$400/600
$500/700
of Momus, March 2, 1905,
theme “Vathek”, parade
bulletin, float designer Jennie
Wilde, lithographer Walle &
42 in.
4, 1913, theme “Time’s
Mysteries”, parade bulletin,
$500/700
157
$500/700
164. [Mardi Gras], Knights
theme “The Quest of the
Fountain of Youth”, parade
42 in.
“Music and Popular Airs”,
parade bulletin, lithographer
M.F. Dunn & Bro., unframed,
$400/600
$500/700
“Fetes and Feasts”, parade
42 in.
theme “Signs and
Superstitions”, parade bulletin,
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Stephen W.
Hales’ Rex, an Illustrated History of
the School of Design, Arthur Hardy
Enterprises: New Orleans, 2010, p.
129.
March 7, 1905, theme
“Idealistic Queens”, parade
42 in.
$500/700
24
$400/600
164
W 158. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 23, 1909, theme “The
Treasures of the King”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co.,
$500/700
theme “The Language of
Flowers”, parade bulletin,
$500/700
W 159. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 8, 1910, theme “The Freaks of
Fable”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet
28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
Knights of Momus,
January 30, 1913, theme
“Above the Clouds”,
parade bulletin,
unframed, sheet 28 in. x
42 in.
$500/700
168. [Mardi Gras],
Krewe of Proteus,
February 22, 1887,
theme “Andersen’s Fairy
Tales”, parade bulletin,
lithographer T. Fitzwilliam
& Co., unframed, sheet
28 in. x 42 in.
175
168
$400/600
Krewe of Proteus,
February 23, 1903,
theme “Cleopatra”,
parade bulletin,
lithographer T. Fitzwilliam
& Co., unframed, sheet
28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
178
Krewe of Proteus, March
6, 1905, theme “The
Rubaiyat”, parade
Fitzwilliam & Co.,
42 in.
173
W 176. Two Sterling Silver and
Enamel Mardi Gras Souvenir
Spoons, late 19th/early 20th c.,
Mechanics Sterling Co., Attleboro,
MA, length 5 7/8 in., weight 1.65
troy ozs.
$500/700
$150/250
177. De Ficoroni, Francesco, Le
Maschere Sceniche e le Figure
Comiche d’Antichi Romani, 1732,
Roma, (9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.), half-title
with engraved vignette, with 85
engraved plates of Roman masks, one
folding, full calf, gilt title, marbled
endpapers.
Krewe of Proteus, March
2, 1908, theme “The
Light of Asia”, parade
Fitzwilliam & Co.,
42 in.
$500/700
$700/1000
177
Krewe of Proteus,
February 7, 1910, theme “Astrology”,
parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam &
Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
February 19, 1912, theme “Zoroaster”,
parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co.,
February 15, 1915, theme “Famous Lovers of the
World”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co.,
$500/700
175. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ducal Badge, 1880,
theme “The Four Elements”.
$500/1000
178. A Very Fine Gold Locket, c.
1870, gold unmarked, probably 15
kt., exterior with engraved strapwork
decoration, interior with presentation
inscription “to ESC from HRH Princess
Louise” and photograph of Princess
Louise (1848-1939).
$800/1200
Provenance: Estate of Aloyis Lee
Sonneborn, Mobile, AL.
$500/700
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