Lessons in Flower and Fruit Modelling in Wax. (with) the Calligraphic Business Card of an American Woman Instructor "Of the Art"
Mintorn, J.H.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 126 pages + (2) pages directly concerning information about Mr. J.H. Mintorn, "Modeller of Flowers in Wax to the Queen" and advertising his works as well as works on Paper Flowers by Mrs. J.H. Mintorn and a handbook or guide to modelling in leather by Mrs. Mogridge, late Miss Mintorn, followed by a 31 + (1) page catalog of the publisher's offerings in the juvenile literature field; list of prices, materials for various modelling endeavours; illustrated with black and white floral plates; contents on various flower modelling procedures, camellia, rose, lily of the valley, clove carnation, leaf-modelling, fruit-modelling techniques; with some interesting previous owner provenance: on the front endpaper, noting "Bought from Mr. Archdeacon 136 Market Street Paterson New Jersey" and with J. Archdeacon's name & the Market St. address in a different (Archdeacon's?) hand; laid-in is a plain cardstock business card in an elaborate gothic-style calligraphy for "Mrs. Hoffman. 45 Van Houten St. Instructions in the Art.", suggesting that Mrs. Hoffman was a fellow wax modeller, in the United States (Van Houten is also a street to be found in Paterson, NJ); no published date for this third edition, however C. 1872 from dating evidence in publisher's catalog; bound in the original red cloth, gilt decorated and titled, all edges gilt, with a color illustrated paste-down illustration "Belle de Nuit" (moonflower); some edge, tips and spine end wear & chipping to binding, cloth mottled; pages foxed, spotty; volume in good condition and especially interesting as apparently owned by an 19th century American woman practioner of the art. Good H (Item ID: 18670)
$150.00
