Fascinating research. Any theories on how the licensing of the images themselves worked circa 1910? Clearly they were taken over a period of a few years prior to 1910 and not by the same photographer. Does the Vignos & Hurford photography business which was owned by and adjacent to the Novelty Cutlery factory have any connection to the set? It seems possible that the design/mock up of the NC set may have been done there. And lastly, what do you think the relationship between the NC set and the PC 796 set is? Both produced by NC in 1910? A dressed up version and a poor mans version? Hard to imagine the same set of images would be licensed and produced by two different outfits in the same year but It also seems odd the PC796 wouldn't have been branded.
Thanks for all the great research and information on these two sets.
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