STUART DEVLIN: 'The twelve days of Christmas', a set of twelve silver, silver-gilt and enamelled surprise boxes
London 1971 - 1986, limited edition numbered of 100 (12)
London 1971 - 1986, limited edition numbered of 100
Various shaped boxes, one issued each year between 1970 and 1981, although the box for 'Five Gold Rings' is a later issue, London 1986;
comprising:
The First Day of Christmas - A Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Second Day of Christmas - Two Calling Birds
Third Day of Christmas - Three French Hens
The Fourth Day of Christmas - Four calling birds
The Fifth Day of Christmas - Five Gold Rings (1986)
The Sixth Day of Christmas - Six Geese a Laying
The Seventh Day of Christmas - Seven Swans a Swimming
The Eighth Day of Christmas - Eight Maids a Milking
The Ninth Day of Christmas - Nine Ladies Dancing
The Tenth Day of Christmas - Ten Lords a Leaping
The Eleventh Day of Christmas - Eleven Pipers Piping
The Twelfth Day of Christmas - Twelve Drummers Drumming
Individually boxed, ten with numbered booklets (seven edition numbered 82). (12)
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London 1971 - 1986, limited edition numbered of 100 (12)
London 1971 - 1986, limited edition numbered of 100
Various shaped boxes, one issued each year between 1970 and 1981, although the box for 'Five Gold Rings' is a later issue, London 1986;
comprising:
The First Day of Christmas - A Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Second Day of Christmas - Two Calling Birds
Third Day of Christmas - Three French Hens
The Fourth Day of Christmas - Four calling birds
The Fifth Day of Christmas - Five Gold Rings (1986)
The Sixth Day of Christmas - Six Geese a Laying
The Seventh Day of Christmas - Seven Swans a Swimming
The Eighth Day of Christmas - Eight Maids a Milking
The Ninth Day of Christmas - Nine Ladies Dancing
The Tenth Day of Christmas - Ten Lords a Leaping
The Eleventh Day of Christmas - Eleven Pipers Piping
The Twelfth Day of Christmas - Twelve Drummers Drumming
Individually boxed, ten with numbered booklets (seven edition numbered 82). (12)