11th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Costume, Accessories & Textiles
2200
Assorted 20th Century Costume Accessories comprising a 1920s Abel Morall Cross Fox Handy Pack containing knicker elastic, needles and cottons, hair grips, silk hose mending and darners etc
'Studs and Links' brass circular box embossed with a gent in a top hat and contents
Henry A La Pensée powder compact with glass domed lid contain two birds made from feathers seated on a branch
deco powder compact with a powder release mechanism and a sunburst design to case
Iva Fun Puff yellow fluffy powder puff with silk brown and yellow patterned scarf attached
Shocking de Schiaparelli dusting powder contains powder and puff
black resin brooch of a stag, red double acorn brooch with clear diamantes, lipstick case with brown reptile style pattern mount
Leather coin purse with image of Queen Nefertiti, Egyptian style tie pin and similar screw on earrings and brooch
JB Keath & Sons glasses case with velvet lining enclosing blue tinted spectacles, owl shaped beaded glasses case holder
gold fabric clutch bag mounted with a trellis of diamantes with red surrounds, with internal purse and mirror
Chinese silk embroidered evening bag embroidered with two figures and a dog, gilt metal clasp that has four hinges
pink and gold sequined clutch bag with internal purse and mirror, also contains a double sided mirror in a pink sheath and a pink tassel and a cigarette card 'Famous Film Scenes - My Heart Is Calling'
(one box)
Private Collection of Millinery and Costume
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
All items have signs of wear
1920s Abel Morall Cross Fox Handy Pack - remnant of patterned tape to base
Studs and links circular box - some tarnishing to box and contents
Henry A La Pensée powder compact - no powder and puff
Metal powder compact - may have some red and green decoration missing to outside
Iva Fun Puff yellow fluffy powder puff - some stiching has come away
Shocking de Schiaparelli dusting powder - staining to lid
Red double acorn broach - some pin tarnished and discoloured diamantes
Lipstick case - mark on outside and no lipstick
Red box with Egyptian style tie pin - staining to lining of box
Gold coloured metal Egyptian style head screw on earrings - may have slight tarnishing
Brevete gold coloured metal broach - tarnished
Leather coin purse - paint has flaked
J.B.Keath & Sons glasses case velvet lined containing blue tinted spectacles - slight fading to logo, glasses ok
Owl shaped beaded glasses case holder - discolouration to beads
Gold fabric clutch bag covered with clear diamantes - one diamante missing has been replaced with a pearl style bead
Fabric bag embroidered in a colourful asian scene - metal tarnished
Pink and gold sequined clutch bag - may have some sequind missing
Double sided mirror - marks on sheath
Cigarette card - staining to back of card
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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 11th Feb, 2023
A rich and diverse sale of Costumes, Accessories and Textiles, including the John Newall Collection of Guna Molas from Panama and Columbia, and Albanian Costume, a good Private Collection of Victorian Costume, a Private Collection of Millinery and Costume Accessories from the late 19th century to the 1940s including 1920s dresses and evening coats, and an archive relating to North Country quilter Mary Lough.
John Newall Private Collection of Albanian and Other Costume
John Newall Private Collection of Molas, San Blas Islands 1974-9
Knitting Stick Collection - many of the items purchased from the 'Terrible Knitters of Dent', the last surviving being Betty Hartley and Elizabeth Middleton both from Dent.
The knitters would gather in one cottage at the end of the day and knit by the firelight, telling old tales and singing old knitting songs. If a stitch was dropped the knitter would call 'Turn o'wer a pe-at' to give out a bit more light. Needles 'pricks' were made of curved wire sharpened on the doorstep, wool was called 'garn' and was rough and hard-wearing. The garn was delivered from the merchants in Kendal and knitters paid for what they produced.
Everyone knitted, men, women and children, the money they raised from knitting made up the difference between 'poverty' and just being 'poor'.
Mary Lough Collection
Mary Lough (1886-1968) of Chapman Hill Farm, Witton le Wear, was a leading expert of handmade quilts in Co Durham. Mary learnt to quilt at a young age helping her mother sew by candlelight, she became the first North Country quilter to formally teach quilting, by setting up classes in Weardale and local areas. By the 1950s she had achieved a national reputation through exhibiting at the V&A, Beamish among others, and quilting for clients all over the UK, Australia and America.
One of Mary's students who she helped achieve her City and Guilds Diploma in 1952 was Amy Emms MBE. Her quilts represent the motifs familiar with North Country quilts including swirling intricate patterns, curvilinear shapes, feathers, sheaves of corn, plate/circle, fan, roses, lovers knots, cables circles.
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