WONDERFUL COLLECTIBLE LOT

Estate Victorian Historical 

LONDON CRIES of the renowned STREET VENDORS

True COCKNEY ENGLISH SLANG!

The set includes authentic Cigarette CARDS, a Book, and 2 Butter pat dishes that highlight the notoriety of the Street Vendors of London.  Any student of Cockney, or true Cockney heritage will love this little set!!

This set is comprised of several fascinating looks at the street vendors, or hawkers, or costermongers that were part of English market history since the 15th Century.  Their greatest numbers and visibility came during mid-Victorian England,  They became known for their melodic sales patter, poems, and chants, which they used to attract attention to their wares to make sales. Their loud sing-song cry or chanting became part of the fabric of street life in London and other large cities in Britain.  Sellers sold darn near everything on the streets, while Tin men wagoned up and dow the streets to collect old scrap metal.  Street vending was an occupation equally shared by men and women alike and even rag-a-muffin poor children sold matches and newspapers, shined shoes, or ran errands to make enough money to eat.

(A.) John Player Cigarette PREMIUM CARDS     2nd Series of 25 (complete)

• Issued by John Player & Sons, 1916
• Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd.
• All 25 within protective sheets.
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(B.) 1960s UK ADDERLEY BUTTER PAT DISHES: "LONDON CRIES SERIES" 

• Lovely butter pat dishes in grand condition, Black and white depictions of street vendors with yellow and gold edging
• One is a cart with Turnips (Neeps) and Carrots done in 18th Century style
• The other is a woman selling Primroses --artwork done in 18th Century style
• From Adderley Bone China, Crown Logo by Royal Sanction since 1760s, Now long out of business, Lawley, England, southwest of Stafford (Staffordshire)

(C.) 1978 REPRINTED BOOK: "OLD LONDON STREET CRIES and the CRIES of TO-DAY / With HEAPS of QUAINT CUTS"  

by Andrew W. Tuer / London / The Scolar Press / 1978

• Illustrated with old wood cuts and prints
• Explains some of the more audible London seller cries (scroll down for some)
• "Reprinted in Great Britain by
• The Scolar Press Ltd, Ilkley, Yorkshire
• From the edition of 1885 printed and published by The Leadenhall Press, London, E.C."

A great gift for your historian interested in English culture and old British society!  Excellent addition to a Tobacciana or Victoriana collector.