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Session OneFriday, November 21, 2 pm
4038 Magazine
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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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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.
The Isabel Spelman Devereux Collection of Treasures from the Golden Age of Mardi Gras
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W 1. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1891, theme “Demonology”. Note: Loss to enamel.
$300/500
2. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, rare sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, c. 1900. Note: Missing clasp.
$300/500
W 3. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1900, theme “Stories of the Golden Age”.
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p.28.
4. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1901, theme “Selections from the Operas”.
$400/600
5. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, 1902, theme “The Fairy Kingdom”.
$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 Enterprises: New Orleans, 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.
7. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1913, theme “Time’s Mysteries”.
$400/600
8. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball favor pin, 1914, theme “Tales from Chaucer”.
$400/600
9. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, rare sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1905, theme “A Night in Japan”.
$400/600
10. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, sterling silver
gilt and enamel ball pin favor, 1913, theme “The Origin and Quaint Customs of Twelfth Night”.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 109.
11. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball favor pin, 1923, theme “Ayesha”.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 109.
12. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, c. 1900, marked “M. Scooler, N.O”.
$300/500
13. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, c. 1900.
$300/500
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14. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1900, theme “Legends from the Court of King Arthur”.
$300/500
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes examples of this pin.
15. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1904, marked “Adler, N.O.”, theme “Visions of the World’s Vanities”.
$300/500
16. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, rare ball favor pin, possibly 1905, theme “Vathek”.
$300/500
17. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”.
$300/500
18. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, sterling silver gilt and enamel ball favor pin, 1913, theme “Above the Clouds”.
$400/600
19. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, 1915, theme “Tales of the How and Why”.
$300/500
20. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball favor pin, 1924, theme “The Jatakamala - Tales of Buddha’s Lives”.
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 136.
21. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor
pin, 1889, marked “Frantz & Opitz”, theme “The Hindoo Heavens”.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 138.
22. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, rare ball favor pin, possibly 1896, theme “Dumb Society”.
$300/500
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)”.
$300/500
W 24. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of 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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34. [Mardi Gras], Atlanteans, rare sterling silver and enamel ball favor pin, c. 1900, by Gorham.
$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
36. [Mardi Gras], Rex, Ducal Badge, 1883, theme “Atlantis-The Antediluvian World”, presented in an antique, probably original, unmarked box.
$500/1000
Note: Illustrated in Henry Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 61; and in Stephen Hales’ Rex, An Illustrated History of the School of Design, Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc., Mandeville, 2010, p. 51.
37. [Mardi Gras], Rex, Ducal Badge, 1904, theme “In the Realm of Imagination”, ribbon detached but retained, associated box.
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2006, p. 84.
W 30. [Mardi Gras], Elves of 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
32. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, 1914, theme “Le Grand Trianon”.
$300/500
33. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon, ball favor pin, probably 1925, theme “The Carnival of Venice”.
$400/600
26. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1906, theme “The Inspiration of Proteus (Silver Anniversary)”.
$300/500
27. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball favor pin, 1907, theme “The Queen of the Serpents (from the Thousand and One Nights)”.
$400/600
28. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, 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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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.
39. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and 25th anniversary card, 1882, theme “The Worships of the World”, designed by Charles Briton, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
40. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick 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
W 42. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball 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.
43. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and two admit cards, 1892, theme “Nippon, the Land of the Rising Sun “ designed by Jennie Wilde, (4 pcs.)
$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
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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.
46. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, dance card, 1898, theme “Scenes from Shakespeare”, designed by Jennie Wilde, (1 pc.)
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 28.
47. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, and dance card, 1899, theme “Josephus”, designed by Jennie Wilde (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 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.
48. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, 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 Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 32-3.
49. [Mardi Gras], The Mistick Krewe of Comus, ball invitation, envelope, dance card and two admit cards, 1902, theme “The Fairy Kingdom”, (5 pcs.)
$1200/1800
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
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 27.
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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 Krewe of Comus, ball 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.)
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 39.
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.)
$800/1200
Note: Dance card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 41.
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
W 55. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1885, theme “Domino”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
W 56. [Mardi Gras], Twelfth Night Revelers, ball invitation, 1896, theme “That Orbed Maiden with White Fur Laden”, (1 pc.)
$200/400
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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 Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 82.
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
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.)
$400/600
62. [Mardi Gras], Rex ball invitation and envelope, 1882, theme “Pursuit of Pleasure”, designed 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, pp. 50-1; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 40.
63. [Mardi Gras], Rex ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1881, theme “Arabian Nights Tales”, designed by Charles Briton (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 52; and Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 40.
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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 Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 83.
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 Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 53.
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.)
$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.
68. [Mardi Gras], Rex, ball invitation and envelope, 1901, theme “Human Passions and Characteristics” (2 pcs.)
$600/800
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
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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 Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1902, theme “Byron’s Poems”, (2 pcs.)
$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
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
Note: The dance card illustrated in Henri 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
71. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope and 3 admit cards, 1883, theme “The Moors of Spain”, (5 pcs.)
$800/1200
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 110.
72. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, ball invitation, envelope, admit card and dance card, 1892, theme “Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp” (4 pcs.)
$800/1000
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 113.
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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
Note: Illustrated in Henri 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.)
$700/900
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 dance card with pencil, 1888, theme “Legends of the Middles Ages”, lithography by F. Appel, Paris, (5 pcs.)
$1000/1200
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.
83. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes (different sizes), and dance card, 1889, theme “The Hindoo Heavens”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze, (4 pcs.) Note: condition.
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 130-1.
84. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1890, theme “Elfland”, designed by Carlotta Bonnecaze, lithography by F. Appel, Paris (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 129.
W 85. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, 1892, theme “A Dream of the Vegetable Kingdom”, (1 pc.)
$400/600
Note: Illustrated in Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003, p. 37.
86. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1897, theme “Orlando Furioso”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 135.
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W 87. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, 1898, theme “A Trip to Wonderland”, (1 pc.)
$400/600
88. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “E Pluribus Unum”, design by Bror Anders Wikstrom (4 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 136.
89. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, 2 envelopes, and two admit cards, 1902, theme “Flora’s Feast”, (5 pcs.)
$800/1200
90. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation, two envelopes and admit card, 1903, theme “Cleopatra”, (4 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Admit card illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 138.
91. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, two ball invitations, envelope, and dance card with pencil, 1904, theme “The Alphabet”, (4 pcs.)
$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.)
$800/1200
Note: Program illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras
Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 139.
93. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1909, theme “Romances of Wales”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 143.
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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 Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 140.
W 95. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, ball invitation and envelope, 1910, theme “Astrology”, (2 pcs.)
$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
Note: Ball invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 144.
W 97. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope, and admit card, 1892, theme “The Tempest”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
W 98. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation and envelope, 1893, theme “The Bird Wife (Lafcadio Hearn)”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
W 99. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, dance card, 1894, theme “The Ballet of the Season at Fontainebleau”, (1 pc.)
$300/500
W 100. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope and dance card with pencil, 1898, theme “The Garden of Irem”, (3 pcs.)
$400/600
101. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1899, theme “The Temple of Fame (Alexander Pope)”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
W 102. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, two ball invitations, envelope and admit card, 1902, theme “The Robes of Feathers (a Japanese story by Fitzgerald)”, (4 pcs.)
$500/700
103. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, two envelopes, admit card, and dance card with pencil, 1905, theme “The Rainbow”, (5 pcs.)
$600/900
W 104. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation and envelope, 1907, theme “Court of the Great Mogul Shah Jehan”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 85.
105. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans, ball invitation, envelope and three dance cards with two pencils, 1908, theme “The Realm of Hyperion”, design by Jenny Wilde, (5 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Invitation illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 86.
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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
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.
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
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
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican 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.
111. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1898, theme “The Inferno”, (3 pcs.)
$700/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 91-2; and
Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy Enterprises: New Orleans, 2003.
W 112. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Nereus, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1903, theme “The Birth of the Water Lily”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
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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, invitation and envelope, 1913, theme “Music, Rhyme and Song”, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
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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 Company: Gretna, 2000, p. 96.
W 117. [Mardi Gras], High Priests of Mithras, ball invitation and envelope, 1906, theme “The Vision of Jacob”, (2 pcs.)
$300/500
W 118. [Mardi Gras], High Priests of Mithras, ball invitation, envelope and dance card, 1909, theme “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”, (3 pcs.)
$500/700
W 119. [Mardi Gras], High Priests of Mithras, ball invitation, envelope and two admit cards, 1912, theme “Legend of the Land of the Gods (Princess Firefly)”, (4 pcs.)
$500/700
120. [Mardi Gras], The Phunny Phorty Phellows, pop-up ball program, envelope and two admit cards, 1882, theme “The Days We Celebrate”, (4 pcs.)
$800/1200
W 121. [Mardi Gras], Consus, ball invitation and envelope, 1897, theme “Sherwood”, (2 pcs.)
$500/700
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.)
$600/900
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 2000, pp. 155-6.
123. [Mardi Gras], Consus, dance card with pencil, 1901, theme “Shakespeare and His Creations”, (1 pc.)
$300/500
Note: Illustrated in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures, Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican 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.
W 124. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, dance card, 1901, theme “Sir John’s Army”, (1 pc.)
$200/300
125. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, ball invitation, envelope and admit card, 1904, theme “The Birth of the Butterfly”, (3 pcs.) Condition: Admit card torn into pieces.
$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
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W 127. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians, admit card, 1906, theme “Fridthjof the Valiant”, (1 pc.)
$150/250
W 128. [Mardi Gras], Les Inconnues, ball invitation, 1904, (1 pc.)
$200/400
W 129. [Mardi Gras], The Mittens, ball invitation and dance card with pencil, 1909, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
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.
$400/600
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes similar examples from the 1880s.
W 131. [Mardi Gras], brass costume scimilar and dagger, c. 1900.
$300/500
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
134. [Mardi Gras], a costume necklace of green “paste” jewels, c. 1880.
$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.
W 136. [Mardi Gras], a pair of costume cuff bracelets set with blue “paste” jewels, late 19th c.
$400/600
137. [Mardi Gras], bejeweled brass costume sword, early 20th c., marked with masker’s placement/position number 73, retains bright gilt surface.
$200/300
W 138. [Mardi Gras], a pair of costume ornaments set with blue and white “paste” jewels, c. 1900.
$200/400
Note: The Louisiana State Museum’s Mardi Gras Collection includes similar examples. These ornaments were sewn onto the costumes.
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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 Publishing Company: Gretna, 2013, p. 148.
141. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1905, gilt trumpet vase with original box, theme “Idealistic Queens”, retains some bright gilt surface.
$300/500
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
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
147. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1912, hand mirror with original box, theme “Phases of Nature”, bright gilt surface.
$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”.
$300/500
W 149. [Mardi Gras], Rex, 1914, silverplate 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
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W 151. [Mardi Gras], Mystick (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.
$500/700
W 152. [Mardi Gras], Mystick (sic) Krewe of Comus, February 16, 1904, theme “Izdubar”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
153. [Mardi Gras], Mystick (sic) Krewe of Comus, February 28, 1911, theme “Familiar Quotations”, parade bulletin, float designer Jennie Wilde, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 154. [Mardi Gras], Mystick (sic) Krewe of Comus, February 4, 1913, theme “Time’s Mysteries”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 155. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 27, 1887, theme “Music and Popular Airs”, parade bulletin, lithographer M.F. Dunn & Bro., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$400/600
W 156. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 24, 1903, theme “Fetes and Feasts”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$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.
157. [Mardi Gras], Rex, March 7, 1905, theme “Idealistic Queens”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 158. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 23, 1909, theme “The Treasures of the King”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$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
W 160. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 20, 1912, theme “Phases of Nature”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$400/600
W 161. [Mardi Gras], Rex, February 20, 1917, theme “The Gifts of the Gods to Louisiana”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 162. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, February 17, 1887, theme “Myths of the New World”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$400/600
W 163. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, March 2, 1905, theme “Vathek”, parade bulletin, float designer Jennie Wilde, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
164. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, February 7, 1907, theme “The Quest of the Fountain of Youth”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 165. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, February 18, 1909, theme “Signs and Superstitions”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$400/600
W 166. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, February 23, 1911, theme “The Language of Flowers”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
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W 167. [Mardi Gras], Knights of Momus, January 30, 1913, theme “Above the Clouds”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., 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.
$400/600
W 169. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 23, 1903, theme “Cleopatra”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 170. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, March 6, 1905, theme “The Rubaiyat”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 171. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, March 2, 1908, theme “The Light of Asia”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 172. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 7, 1910, theme “Astrology”, parade bulletin, lithographer T. Fitzwilliam & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
173. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 19, 1912, theme “Zoroaster”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
W 174. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus, February 15, 1915, theme “Famous Lovers of the World”, parade bulletin, lithographer Walle & Co., unframed, sheet 28 in. x 42 in.
$500/700
175. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ducal Badge, 1880, theme “The Four Elements”.
$500/1000
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.
$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.
$700/1000
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.
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