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Auction B44 26-27 May 2022
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The David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes - Part Two
Pure Tobacco, Wolverhampton, an advertising note for £5, 4 July 1895, serial number 16, signature of Lizzie Marrian, promising to supply 'Guaranteed Genuine Irish Twist of Superior Quality', at the premises on 145 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, fine and rare, unusual to find a female proprietor listed on a note of this kind
Outing unlisted £120-£160
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Lizzie Marrian (nee Somerfield), born 1870, lived and worked at 145 Horseley Fields for much of her life. She had several children but it seems none survived. She married in 1892 but the couple separated and she died at Stafford County Asylum in 1910.
Pure Tobacco, Wolverhampton, an advertising note for £5, 4 July 1895, serial number 16, signature of Lizzie Marrian, promising to supply 'Guaranteed Genuine Irish Twist of Superior Quality', at the premises on 145 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, fine and rare, unusual to find a female proprietor listed on a note of this kind
Outing unlisted £120-£160
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Lizzie Marrian (nee Somerfield), born 1870, lived and worked at 145 Horseley Fields for much of her life. She had several children but it seems none survived. She married in 1892 but the couple separated and she died at Stafford County Asylum in 1910.