This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
Crystal Rising Card Houlette. London: Hamley’s, ca. 1900. Chosen cards rise of their own volition while the pack is isolated in an elegant cut crystal holder resting atop a fine nickel-plated wand. Length 10 ¼”. With the original packs of N.Y. Consolidated Card Company Mascotte Squeezers, their original wrappers rubber stamped by Hamley’s; one pack prepared, the other ungimmicked. Original Hamley’s box with address rubber-stamped (and the notation “late Bland’s”) inside the lid. An unusually well-preserved and finely made example.A truly fine prop with two plungers (one used to disguise the hole in the houlette, one the motive power behind the card rise effect), and a fitted cap used to plug the end of the wand when the prop is not in use. Even the packing box retains its original cotton packing material.