- Lot 222

PORCELAIN CARDS: BUILDING TRADES, craftsmen, horticulture... Set of 99 porcelain cards. Among the lithoraphs are P. Van De Steene (Ghent), L. Defferrez (Ghent), G. Jacqmain (Ghent), J. Van Brée (Ghent). Various sizes. The largest 165 x 210 mm; the smallest 43 x 80 mm. House painters, upholsterers, marble workers, cabinet makers & carpenters, turners, carpenters... most of them established in Ghent; others in Bruges, Ostend, some in Brussels, Arlon (2)... Among the large colored cards, we quote J. Fievé-Dutry wood merchant in Ghent; Delbôve brothers ceiling workers in Verviers; J. P. De Rache architect in Ghent; George Hano architect in Brussels. Let's mention 9 relative cards of horticulturists, gardeners and seed sellers established in Ghent (Rémi Meyer, Frans Legers-Valcke, J. Van Geert, J.-Bte. De Saegher...), the florist Sorel in Paris, 1 greeting card for 1844 addressed to the Presidents and members of the Royal Botanical Society and of the Casino Concerts of Ghent.