A Set of 14 Striking Alice Inspired Dinner Party Menu Cards - After Tenniel

Unique, flawlessly illustrated set of 14 hand penned, gilt edged menu cards, beautifully detailed with reproductions of the illustrations of John Tennniel from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Four larger menu cards depict The Lobster at His Toilet, The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Duchess and the Crying Baby and The Mock Turtle Story; each measures 15 cm x 10 cm with fluted edges and features a slit mounted menu insert card - 3 remain blank and one has each course of a 7 course menu hand written; hand penned poems from the Alice stories are inscribed to the tail of each illustration and all are signed ‘ME’ by their author. Ten smaller individual dish placards also feature slit mounted inserts, several of which are labelled in pencil ‘Cheese and Walnut’, ‘Ham’, Tongue’. Illustrations include Humpty Dumpty, The Ugly Duchess and the Lion from Through the Looking Glass.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: In very good condition throughout. Perfect penmanship; illustrations crisp and vibrant with just the slightest hint of age toning to the surrounding card. A simply charming one of a kind addition to any occasion.