EDWARDIAN STATIONERY FOLDER ~ fascinating provenance
There is an inscription written in pencil on the card blotter by the previous owner that reads ‘Given to me by Miss McIntosh (Lady Gilbert’s companion) Christmas 1910. Original sheet of notepaper. Just one left.’
A quick google has revealed who these amazing people were! Lady Lucy Gilbert was the wife of W.M. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan – more info here: Lady Gilbert
Miss Nancy McIntosh was an American actress and a protege of Gilbert – more info here: Miss Nancy McIntosh
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