Typeface Identification Help

I have an almost full set of these very ornate caps, unfortunately some are damaged but I love them anyway. However, I have no idea about their name or origin.

As for the fount of type- The uppercase consists mainly of swashes with a few missing. Where i have the swashes i dont have the ‘regular’ version and anywhere theres a ‘regular’ version i dont have the swash!

Any help is appreciated.

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The second face looks like Goudy Cursive.

Thanks for that! That just helped me to track it down here: http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/goudy-wtc/ under the name ‘Goudy Swash’.

Hi, I have a set of these in 24pt and 36pt. They are called City Initials and were supplied by the Excelsior Printers Supply Co who sold the Model Press series of printing machines here in the UK. They also feature in my earlier catalogues by the Model Press Co.
Cheers!
Jeremy

Thanks for the info Jeremy. Much appreciated.