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Shilling Collection (#2)

"Unveiling the Art of Shilling: From Gilbeys Scotch Whisky to Knitting for RAF in WW2" A vintage advertisement showcasing Gilbeys Scotch Whisky

Background imageShilling Collection: Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing

Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing. Captioned, Fighting the films: The Shilling Theatre at Fulham'

Background imageShilling Collection: If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked a Cake

If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked a Cake
Music cover, If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked a Cake, song by Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill and Clem Watts, first introduced by Richard Attenborough on his Record Rendezvous Date: 1950

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, On the Banks of the Wabash

Music cover, On the Banks of the Wabash, words and music by Paul Dresser, from the film The Jolson Story, Columbia Pictures Date: 1942

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Maurice Chevalier, Souvenir Selection

Music cover, Maurice Chevalier, Souvenir Selection of ten songs Date: 1930

Background imageShilling Collection: Advert, De Reszke Minors cigarettes

Advert, De Reszke Minors cigarettes, with celebrity endorsement from the likes of Gracie Fields and George Formby. Date: 1938

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze

Music cover, I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze, words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, from the Paramount Picture, The Charm School, Jack Oakie and Frances Langford. Date: 1935

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Love in Bloom, film starring Bing Crosby

Music cover, Love in Bloom, film starring Bing Crosby
Music cover, Love in Bloom, from the Paramount Picture, She Loves Me Not, starring Bing Crosby. Date: 1934

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Oh, Donna Clara

Music cover, Oh, Donna Clara, original version by Beda, English version by Jimmy Kennedy, music by J Petersburski. Date: 1930

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, The King's Horses and the King's Men

Music cover, The King's Horses and the King's Men by Noel Gay and Harry Graham. Date: 1930

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Cuckoo Waltz, sung by Sylvia Robin

Music cover, Cuckoo Waltz, sung by Sylvia Robin. Date: 1920

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Botch-A-Me, Barbara and Richard Lyon

Music cover, Botch-A-Me, Barbara and Richard Lyon
Music cover, Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina), sung by BBC artists Barbara and Richard Lyon, The Young Lyons. Date: 1952

Background imageShilling Collection: Leaflet, Toys from Tins, The Nursery School Association

Leaflet, Toys from Tins, The Nursery School Association, Park Crescent, London W1

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, The Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)

Music cover, The Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)
Music cover, The Zither Melody, song version of The Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man film, 1949), words by Michael Carr and Jack Golden, based on music composed and arranged by Anton Karas. Date: 1950

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album

Music cover, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album
Music cover, Army Chorus, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album No. 8. Date: 1939

Background imageShilling Collection: Cover, The Sketch, King Edward VII Coronation Number

Cover, The Sketch, King Edward VII Coronation Number
Cover design of The Sketch, King Edward VII Coronation Number, August 1902. Date: 1902

Background imageShilling Collection: Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace

Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
541413 Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, in the week that admittance was one shilling (5p)

Background imageShilling Collection: Bill of Credit, America, 1775

Bill of Credit, America, 1775
3784425 Bill of Credit, America, 1775; (add.info.: Bill of Credit, America, 18 August 1775. Twenty four shillings credit bill with image of man holding a sword and the Magna Carta)

Background imageShilling Collection: Gertrude Shilling

Gertrude Shilling Royal Ascot 95 28 June 1995 Date: 28 June 1995

Background imageShilling Collection: Mrs Shilling & James Whittaker

Mrs Shilling & James Whittaker Royal Ascot 95 28 June 1995 Date: 28 June 1995

Background imageShilling Collection: Pair of Pine Tree Shillings, 1663 / 82. Creators: John Hull, Robert Sanderson

Pair of Pine Tree Shillings, 1663 / 82. Creators: John Hull, Robert Sanderson
Pair of Pine Tree Shillings, 1663/82. Coins minted and circulated in the thirteen colonies of North America. The words NEW ENGLAND AN DOM on one side, IN MASATHVSETS and a pine tree on the other

Background imageShilling Collection: Natal, Shilling (chromolitho)

Natal, Shilling (chromolitho)
3624269 Natal, Shilling (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natal, Shilling. Illustration for one of set of cigarette cards on the theme of Time)

Background imageShilling Collection: The shilling telegram, 1878

The shilling telegram, 1878
3480007 The shilling telegram, 1878 by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: The shilling telegram: George du Maurier cartoon.); Universal History Archive/UIG; English, out of copyright

Background imageShilling Collection: Comic postcard, I m living in style here - a toilet roll made of ten shilling notes

Comic postcard, I m living in style here - a toilet roll made of ten shilling notes - clearly pre-decimalisation! Date: 20th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, My Resistance is Low by Hoagy Carmichael

Music cover, My Resistance is Low by Hoagy Carmichael Date: 1951

Background imageShilling Collection: Comic postcard, Two women at a fairground, near the fortune tellers tent Date

Comic postcard, Two women at a fairground, near the fortune tellers tent Date: 20th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Riding carousel at fairground

Riding carousel at fairground
Visitors at a packed fairground enjoy riding the carousel, price one shilling. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageShilling Collection: Valentine postcard, Man borrows money from his girlfriend Date: 20th century

Valentine postcard, Man borrows money from his girlfriend Date: 20th century

Background imageShilling Collection: English jockey being weighed in with his saddle and British coinage

English jockey being weighed in with his saddle and British coinage
488398 English jockey being weighed in with his saddle and British coinage, from a series of promotional cards on currencies in different countries

Background imageShilling Collection: American bill of credit for twenty-four shillings, 18th April 1775 (litho)

American bill of credit for twenty-four shillings, 18th April 1775 (litho)
PNP316584 American bill of credit for twenty-four shillings, 18th April 1775 (litho) by American School; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Merci, Cheri, Merci, Bud Flanagan

Music cover, Merci, Cheri, Merci, Bud Flanagan
Music cover, Merci, Cheri, Merci (Trois Fois Merci), sung by Bud Flanagan (Crazy Gang in Ring Out the Bells), music by Michel Emer, English lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons, French lyrics by Pierre Dorsey

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Change Partners, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Music cover, Change Partners, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Music cover, Change Partners, featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, lyrics and music by Irving Berlin from the film Carefree. 1938

Background imageShilling Collection: Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes

Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes
Part-work cover design, William Makepeace Thackerays serialised novel, The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, designed by Richard Doyle. 1858

Background imageShilling Collection: Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Background imageShilling Collection: Melbourne (chromolitho)

Melbourne (chromolitho)
735674 Melbourne (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Melbourne. Liebig card, late 19th century/early 20th century.); Look and Learn / Rosenberg Collection

Background imageShilling Collection: A shilling well laid out (colour litho)

A shilling well laid out (colour litho)
2803040 A shilling well laid out (colour litho) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: A shilling well laid out)

Background imageShilling Collection: Advert, Booseys Musical Cabinet, Drawing Room Pieces

Advert, Booseys Musical Cabinet, Drawing Room Pieces
Advert, Booseys Musical Cabinet, Drawing Room Pianoforte Pieces, listing works by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Meyerbeer and Verdi. Date: late 19th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Advert, Booseys Cabinet Classics, Pianoforte Solo

Advert, Booseys Cabinet Classics, Pianoforte Solo, listing works by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms and Bach. Date: late 19th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Comin in on a Wing and a Prayer, WW2

Music cover, Comin in on a Wing and a Prayer, WW2
Music cover, Comin in on a Wing and a Prayer, RAF Battle of Britain song with words by Harold Adamson, music by Jimmy McHugh and revised words by Frederick Day. 1943

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, song from Babes on Broadway

Music cover, song from Babes on Broadway
Music cover, Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On! sung by Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Babes on Broadway. 1941

Background imageShilling Collection: Front cover, The Queens Pirate, by B J Clarke

Front cover, The Queens Pirate, by B J Clarke
Front cover, The Queens Pirate, The tale of Drakes argosy of terror, by B J Clarke, illustrated by W G Savory, price one shilling. Date: 16th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Front cover, Marriage Before & After

Front cover, Marriage Before & After, by A Dennison Light. Published by Health & Vim Publishing, London. Date: early 20th century

Background imageShilling Collection: Music cover, Frank Sinatra, Try a Little Tenderness

Music cover, Frank Sinatra, Try a Little Tenderness, by Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. 1932

Background imageShilling Collection: Publicity leaflet, First Edition of Woman Magazine

Publicity leaflet, First Edition of Woman Magazine
Publicity leaflet, First Edition of Woman magazine, May 1937, issue No. 1. 1937

Background imageShilling Collection: Advert, Hindes Popular Shilling Toys

Advert, Hindes Popular Shilling Toys, October 1888. 1888

Background imageShilling Collection: Cover design, Roland Cashel by Charles Lever

Cover design, Roland Cashel by Charles Lever
Part-work cover design, Roland Cashel by Charles Lever, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), No. IX, price one shilling. 1849

Background imageShilling Collection: Cover design, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil

Cover design, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil
Part-work cover design by George Cruickshank, Frank Fairlegh or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil, Part I, price one shilling. 1849

Background imageShilling Collection: Two design sketches for the Florin and Shilling, 1891 (pen & ink on paper)

Two design sketches for the Florin and Shilling, 1891 (pen & ink on paper)
619292 Two design sketches for the Florin and Shilling, 1891 (pen & ink on paper) by Poynter, Edward John (1836-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Part 1)



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"Unveiling the Art of Shilling: From Gilbeys Scotch Whisky to Knitting for RAF in WW2" A vintage advertisement showcasing Gilbeys Scotch Whisky, a timeless indulgence that exudes sophistication and refinement. Step into the world of Clan-Castle with this captivating advertisement for Gilbeys Scotch Whisky, where tradition meets luxury. Delve into the past with an instruction booklet from World War II titled "Knitting for the RAF, " revealing how knitting played a vital role in supporting our brave servicemen. The iconic music cover of "That's Amore" transports you back to an era filled with love, romance, and enchanting melodies that still resonate today. Charles Dickens' masterpiece "The Pickwick Papers" captivates readers not only through its compelling storyline but also through its exquisite cover design that reflects the essence of Victorian England. In times when rationing was prevalent during the 1940s, cans of Spam became a symbol of sustenance and resilience amidst adversity – a reminder of strength during challenging times. Journey through time as we explore ancient English history through a collection of Old English coins – each coin telling tales from bygone eras. An alluring poster advertising "Rambles in Somerset" invites adventure seekers to discover the picturesque landscapes and hidden gems nestled within this charming county. Seamstress enthusiasts rejoice. The Simplicity Sewing Book cover design beckons creative minds to unleash their imagination and create stunning garments with ease and style. Embark on an unforgettable literary journey as Oliver Twist comes alive through its mesmerizing wrapper design - inviting readers into Charles Dickens' vividly imagined world full of twists and turns. Discover authenticity in every word as you peruse an official Apprenticeship Indenture document - preserving centuries-old traditions while shaping future generations' skills and expertise.