[Eleven silk place mats, each with a hand-painted portrait of a cricketer from the collection of the MCC.]
[n.d., c.1893.]
Eleven silk mats, 170mm (6¾") in diameter, plus fringe. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
The cricketers are: A.G. Steel (Lancashire), J.R. Mason (Kent), W.G. Grace (Gloucestershire & London County), C.B. Fry (Sussex & Hampshire), Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (Yorkshire), O.G. Radcliffe (bowler for Gloucestershire & Somerset), A.E. Stoddart (Middlesex), W.W. Read (Surrey), A.C. McLaren (Lancashire), F.S. Jackson (Yorkshire) and G. MacGregor (wicket keeper for Middlesex). All but Radcliffe also played for England. These mats were Lot 636 in the MCC sale in 1987 and were purchased by Michael Pearce for £605, who had them restored by a V&A specialist and framed. The MCC paddle and subsequent paperwork are included.
[Ref: 55124] £2,200.00
Eleven silk mats, 170mm (6¾") in diameter, plus fringe. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
The cricketers are: A.G. Steel (Lancashire), J.R. Mason (Kent), W.G. Grace (Gloucestershire & London County), C.B. Fry (Sussex & Hampshire), Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (Yorkshire), O.G. Radcliffe (bowler for Gloucestershire & Somerset), A.E. Stoddart (Middlesex), W.W. Read (Surrey), A.C. McLaren (Lancashire), F.S. Jackson (Yorkshire) and G. MacGregor (wicket keeper for Middlesex). All but Radcliffe also played for England. These mats were Lot 636 in the MCC sale in 1987 and were purchased by Michael Pearce for £605, who had them restored by a V&A specialist and framed. The MCC paddle and subsequent paperwork are included.
[Ref: 55124] £2,200.00