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OwenJones:hisworkandhislegacyPartTwo
1865-721875+1875+
1875+Chinese1862-65
PoWwithoutinitials1875+1855-621855-65
All1865-72
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After18621862-85(roundCorners,noindices)
1851-551862-651865-72
1872-751875+1855-62
1855-621888+Empire1875+
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1872+Both1851-55,maynotbebyOwenJones
Both1851-55,maynotbebyJones1865-72
All1870s1865-72
AlldescribedasFigured,1868-69
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AlldescribedasFigured,1868-69,theleft-handonealsodatesfrom1862
All1868-69;thesingle-colourversionswereproducedforthecheapergrades,suchasHighlanders.Atwo-colourversionoftheright-handMoorishdesignisshownabove;itwasusedfrom1862.
Violets;all1865-72
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Theabovetwosingle-colourdesignsfrom1875onwardswereusedincheapergradepacks.ItisdifficulttosaywhetherthesewerebyOwenJonesorjustfollowedonfromhiswork.Theright-handonehastwocoloursandisfromahighergrade.
Allfrom1865intothe1870sItalian?
1865-721865-72After1862
Japanesequince1875+Chinese,forcheappacksfrom1862DeLaRuealsosharedsomeoftheirdesignswithLawrenceCohenintheUnitedStates.BelowisapackwiththealteredAS,D4.1courtsandtheunnamedbackdesign168.
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OxalisChinese
214unnamed1868-69
205unnamedpost1862(chrysanthemum)1868-69Alltheabove20examplesareDeLaRuebacksfromthepost-Frizzleperiod,butIcan’tspecifythedatesmoreclosely,asIhaven’tseenthefronts(otherthanblanksinsomecases).
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206unnamed1868-69Lily,post1862post1862
1875+
1855-621875+
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1875+188unnamed1868-69196unnamed1868-69
200unnamed1868-69202unnamed1868-69211unnamed1868-69
213unnamed1868-691855-71ThefollowingdesignsareallfromeBay,mostlyfromAustraliansellers.IassumetheyhavebeenidentifiedcorrectlyasbeingbyDeLaRue;inmostcasesIcan’tverifythedate,asnofrontsareillustrated.
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Incidentally,thecentreoneofthebottomrowhasbeenusedbyCartaMundionsomeoftheirbridgepackswithslightalterations,intwodifferentcolourschemes.
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1875+