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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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[ITINERANT PERFORMERS]. The Bohemian Troupe of Fancy Glass ...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[ITINERANT PERFORMERS]. The Bohemian Troupe of Fancy Glass Blowers. Boston: A. M. Lunt, 1869. Letterpress playbill for a performance by a troupe of itinerant glassworkers at Lawrence Hall in New London, Connecticut. This event featured a working glass steam engine, the ?Queen of Beauty,? a gift show where members of the troupe manufactured glassworks which were given out to attendees, a ?grand social dance without extra charge?, and a ?Conundrum Night? with pronouncements such as the ?Gentleman that brings the most Ladies to the Hall? and the ?Homeliest Man?. Framed and matted to 22 ? x 13?. Horizontal center fold, discoloration, scattered tears. Not examined out of frame.?Exemplars, p. 286.