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"Petals from the poets"

Calendar for 1895. [6] col. leaves, each covering 2 months. Each leaf features a different English poet with portrait, quotation, and scenes relating to his life. Byron is on leaf [3], May-June.

1895

26.7 x 19.2 cm.

Heavy paper. Leaves tied at top with velvet maroon ribbons.

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[Letter box]

Letter box with 5-line calligraphic quotation from Childe Harold III

[200-?]

32.5 x 25 x 5.3 cm.

Rust-colored leather

Pansy Michaels

Purchased at Barnes & Noble

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"Newstead Abbey"

Lace picture depicting Newstead Abbey, with insert portrait of Byron

[19--]

40.5 x 29.3 cm.

[Cotton?]

Marsha M. Manns

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Webster, Moses, 1792-1870, painter.

"Newstead Abbey Nottinghamshire Home of Lord Byron"

Tea towel/wall hanging. "From lithograph published by Alfred Barber 1834."

[Nottingham?]

[19--]

46.3 x 67.5 cm.

Irish linen

Marsha M. Manns

[Engraved by L. Hague?] after the painting by Moses Webster. Towel produced for Nottingham Museums by Ulster.

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"B"

Maroon and gold necktie with encircled crowned "B" signifying Byron.

Edinburgh : Maddocks & Dick Ltd.

134.5 cm.

Polyester

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Nestle

[Chocolates box]

Cardboard box for Nestle chocolates, with cover shaped and colored to look like an open book. Lefthand "page" shows "View of Chillon Castle coming from Villeneuve Canton de Vaud" in color; righthand "page" shows portrait of Byron, left profile, after Thomas Phillips's 1814 portrait, with first 6 lines of stanza 6 of "The Prisoner of Chillon" below.

Nestle

20 x 32 cm.

Cardboard

Jack Wasserman

"Nestle" printed in middle of lower part of box. Bottom of box printed as if mottled leather. Dangling from cover, as if bookmarks, are 4 cords, 2 on the left, 2 on the right, each a different color, with matching colored discs reading, respectively, "Nestle," "Kohler," "Cailler," and "Gala Peter."

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"Byron"

Paper-lined plywood box, designed for packaging "Byron" Havana cigars. On top: "Byron." On side: "Regalia Americana." Inside: "Smoke Byron cigars." Color vignette on inside cover, showing Byron framed within an oval, being crowned by Athena with a laurel wreath. Next to his portrait, in a landscape with palm trees and a distant mountain, are a lyre and representations of his books.

Habana : Lord Byron Fabrica de Tabacos

ca. 1920

13 x 23 x 14 cm.

Plywood

Marsha M. Manns

[?] Bros., Keene, N.H. Produced in "Factory no. 13, 3rd Coll. Dist. State of New York." Remains of seals on sides and top of box.

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[Frederick?]

"Byron"

Terracotta cookie stamp/mold/press showing Byron from right profile.

6.5 x 6.3 cm.

Terracotta

Charles E. Robinson

Stamp affixed to rectangular wooden base, on bottom of which is written in charcoal, "Byron by [Frederick?]."

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"Newstead Abbey"

Coaster with image of colored engraving of the lake fronting Newstead Abbey.

England : Lady Clare

9 x 11 cm.

Plastic

Michael Rees.

Backed in green felt.

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[Mementos from Hopwood Hall, Rochdale]

Acorns, a horse chestnut, dried bud and sprigs gathered from the grounds of Hopwood Hall, Rochdale, Lancashire, where Byron stayed briefly in 1811.

Maureen Crisp and Kenneth Purslow

Placed in a small green paper box.

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"Lord Byron cologne"

"Our version of Drakkar"

Oakbrook, Ill.

4 fl oz.

SD alcohol, deionized water, fragrance.

Nancy Mayer

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Oxford University Press

"Byron's poetical works"

Brass stamp for book spine.

Oxford, England

2.5 x 4 cm.

Brass

Susan Brynteson

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Grech, Anton.

"1809.1811 Lord Byron 1788-1824"

10-c. canceled postage stamp in blue and white, with portrait of Byron from right profile and plan of city (Valletta?)

[Valletta?] Malta : Printex Malta

1990

2.1 x 4.6 cm.

Paper

Charles E. Robinson

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"George Lord Byron 1788-1824" [in Russian]

15-kopeck postage stamp in gray-blue and white, with portrait of Byron within oval, after Sanders. Beneath oval are depicted a ship at sea, a scroll of paper, a quill pen and an ink well.

1988

5.3 x 3.3 cm. within frame 8 x 6.5 cm.

Paper

Michael Rees.

Sanders, George, 1774-1846. Stamp within silver-plate frame.

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"Lord Byron 1788-1824"

Circular paperweight with image of Byron from left profile, after Thomas Phillips's 1814 portrait. Forming an arc around the image is quote from Don Juan, canto 2, stanza 178: "Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after."

9.1 cm. diameter

Paper and glass

Michael Rees.

Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845. Image under glass. Backed in black velvet.

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London : National Portrait Gallery

"Lord Byron. Notecards & Notebook" (spine title)

"George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron. Paintings by Thomas Phillips, c. 1815, Richard Westall, 1813." 4 Byron notecards, 4 envelopes and 1 blank notepad, within a pocket folder.

London : National Portrait Gallery

15.3 cm.

Paper

Réal de Mélogue

Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London. "NPG writers series" no. 142 and 4243.

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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

"George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron." Notecard

Notecard, with envelope, showing a c. 1835 replica of the upper part of the 1814 Phillips portrait of Byron in Albanian dress ("Portrait of a nobleman in the dress of an Albanian")

London : National Portrait Gallery

14 cm.

Paper

Charles E. Robinson

Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845. NPG [writers series] 142

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González Byass

"González Byass Jerez Sherry"

Sherry bottle, in box, with printed label: "Celebrating the Byron Society's visit to Gonzalez Byass Bodegas Jerez 2nd May 1977. Signed by Manuel M.a González Gordon, Marqués de Bonanza K.B.E., president of the company and great great grandson of James Gordon (Jacobo Gordon Smythe) who entertained Lord Byron during his stay in Jerez in August 1908."

Jerez : González Byass

1977

32 cm.

Glass

Michael Rees.

Signed on label.

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Missolonghi : Pinakotheke Moschandreou

"Lord Byron"

Greeting card with colored reproduction of Soteres Soronkas's oil portrait of Byron, 1994.

Missolonghi : Pinakotheke Moschandreou

1994

17.5 x 12.5 cm.

Paper

Charles E. Robinson

Soronkas, Soteres, 1936- . Text on verso of card in Greek and English.

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Byron, Robert Noel

"In a prior life"

11-line poem, beginning, "In a prior life -/You knew me once". Signed at end: Robert Noel Byron.

35.5 x 21.7 cm.

Marion Marchand

Broadside.

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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

"Lord Byron bookplate stamp"

Rubber stamp showing image of Byron within a wreath of laurels. At top is facsim. of Byron's signature. At foot, "Ex libris." Handle mounted on acrylic [?] base showing the image of Byron that is on the stamp underneath.

London : Designed and produced for the National Portrait Gallery, London, by Dickie's Stamp Collection

5 x 3.3 cm. mounted on base 5.5 x 3.8 cm.

Rubber and plastic

Charles E. Robinson

In series "A literary lion." In red box.

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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

"Lord Byron bookplate stamp"

Rubber stamp showing image of Byron within a wreath of laurels. At top is facsim. of Byron's signature. At foot, "Ex libris." Handle mounted on acrylic [?] base showing the image of Byron that is on the stamp underneath.

London : Designed and produced for the National Portrait Gallery, London, by Dickie's Stamp Collection

5 x 3.3 cm. mounted on base 5.5 x 3.8 cm.

Rubber and plastic

Marsha M. Manns

In series "A literary lion." In blue box.

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Kish, Imre, collector.

"The secret Byronic collection of Miss E.E. Constance Jones. Lancayo [sic] House, Usk, Wales"

Framed photograph of 5 items related to Byron once in the possession of E.J. Trelawny, and purchased or inherited from him by E.E. Constance Jones. Includes also reproduction of a photograph of E.E. Constance Jones, with explanation of her acquisition of the memorabilia, and a "Brief comment" by Kish concerning his research. Typed captions.

16 x 25.5 cm. within frame 21.5 x 30.5 cm.

Paper

Charles E. Robinson, from Imre Kish

Jones, Emily Elizabeth Constance, 1848-1922. Autograph note from Imre Kish to Charles Robinson, dated January 1998, affixed to verso of frame. Note reads: "The Byron Collection, which I have discovered, as described in my manuscript, 'I am Byron.' Imre Kish - Count of Uray."

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"Gothic, a film by Ken Russell. Conjure up your deepest darkest fear"

Pin or badge. Black lettering on gold.

[1986?]

4.3. cm. diameter.

Metal

Charles E. Robinson

Film released in 1986.

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"Shelley: poet and legislator, 1792-1992. 'Poets are …'"

Pin or badge. Dark blue lettering on light blue.

1992

5.5. cm. diameter.

Metal

2 badges, one the gift of Charles E. Robinson, the other the gift of Marsha Manns.

On the occasion of Shelley's bicentennial.

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Childe Harold Restaurant

"The Childe Harold"

Two matchbooks from the former restaurant at 1610 Twentieth Street, Washington, D.C. Image of Byron on front.

5 x 4 cm.

Paper

2 matchbooks, one the gift of Marsha Manns, the other the gift of Charles E. Robinson.

The restaurant closed in 2007.

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Lord Byron Taverna

"Lord Byron Taverna"

Five matchbooks from the London restaurant. Image of Byron on front.

5 x 5.3 cm.

Paper

Symeonides

"British made. The Imperial Match Company."

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Lord Byron Wines Ltd.

"Retsina wine of Attica"

2 wine labels. "Traditional appellation. Product of Greece"

London : Lord Byron Wines Ltd.

13.5 x 9.5 cm.

Paper

Symeonides

Printed in English and Greek.

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Lord Byron Wines Ltd.

"White dry wine"

3 wine labels. "Product of Greece.

London : Lord Byron Wines Ltd.

13.5 x 9.5 cm.

Paper

Symeonides

Printed in English and Greek.

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John Murray (Firm)

[Brochure listing works by and about Byron]

13 works listed. Illustrated.

London : John Murray

21 cm.

Paper

Symeonides

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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain). Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1854.

"George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron." 1835 copy of the original painted in 1813.

Jigsaw puzzle. 45 pieces. Painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

London : National Portrait Gallery

Cardboard

Marsha M. Manns

Boxed. "Pocket jigsaw NPG." "NPG Ref. 142"

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American Theatre

"Mazeppa" "The Somnambulist"

Announcement of a theatrical production to be held at the American Theatre, San Francisco, Dec. 19, 1851, a "benefit of Mrs. Burrill, under the patronage of the Monumental Fire Company. Fifth night of … Mazeppa, and … The somnambulist." Cast list, performance time and price of seats included. Performance by Emily Coad also on the program.

San Francisco : Herald Print.

1851

41.4 x 13.3 cm. within frame 49 x 21.5 cm.

Cotton cloth

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"The poets calendar. 1901."

Calendar for 1901. [6] colored leaves, each for 2 months of the year, fanned out against a dark green mat and secured at bottom with a ribbon. Each leaf features a different English poet with portrait and daisy wreath. Byron is on leaf [4], Sept.-Oct. The other poets are Thomas Moore, Robert Burns, John Greenleaf Whittier, Sir Walter Scott, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.

1901

Each leaf 15.5 x 5.5 cm. Frame 31 x 44 cm.

Paper

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[Byron t-shirts]

7 t-shirts with quotations from Byron and Byron-related images

Hanes

2004

sizes L and XL

Cotton

Joyce Gibbons

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[Byron t-shirts]

19 t-shirts with quotations from Byron and Byron-related images

Anvil, Hanes, Jerzees and Sundod International

2004

sizes M, L and XL

Cotton

Joyce Gibbons