A pair of horn butter knives, early 20th century, with...
A pair of horn butter knives, early 20th century, with horn blades and silver handles stamped 'SEMIRAMIS', 17.5cm long; a collection of late-19th century photo postcards produced by Gaddis & Seif and Lehnert & Landrock; a packet of miniature photocards by Lehnert & Landrock; a folder of early-20th century photographs; and two books: Kuhnel, Ernst, 'Miniaturmalerei Im Islamischen Orient', Bruno Cassirer Verlag Berlin, 1923; Kuhnel, Ernst, 'Maurische Kunst', 1924 (14) Note: Inaugurated in 1907, the Semiramis hotel in Cairo was a landmark on the banks of the Nile, and was renowned for its hanging gardens, luxurious fixtures and grand parties. The hotel was visited by the rich and famous, including T.E. Lawrence (who dismissed the hotel in a letter to his mother as 'a marble and bronze hotel, very expensive and luxurious: horrible place: makes me Bolshevik'.)
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A pair of horn butter knives, early 20th century, with horn blades and silver handles stamped 'SEMIRAMIS', 17.5cm long; a collection of late-19th century photo postcards produced by Gaddis & Seif and Lehnert & Landrock; a packet of miniature photocards by Lehnert & Landrock; a folder of early-20th century photographs; and two books: Kuhnel, Ernst, 'Miniaturmalerei Im Islamischen Orient', Bruno Cassirer Verlag Berlin, 1923; Kuhnel, Ernst, 'Maurische Kunst', 1924 (14) Note: Inaugurated in 1907, the Semiramis hotel in Cairo was a landmark on the banks of the Nile, and was renowned for its hanging gardens, luxurious fixtures and grand parties. The hotel was visited by the rich and famous, including T.E. Lawrence (who dismissed the hotel in a letter to his mother as 'a marble and bronze hotel, very expensive and luxurious: horrible place: makes me Bolshevik'.)
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