1592991087000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-159920 1747160620532 1714401460000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-159920 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159920 934d059d-f4be-3e14-8e65-9790e4aef555 5 person reference agent-149696 adlib-agent-149696 c1d7b5bf-63d4-3ba4-a080-9810b80bf16c Christ person reference agent-149648 adlib-agent-149648 f742a22d-7fad-3409-b6a7-834d3439f08f St John the Baptist person reference agent-149975 adlib-agent-149975 e6f5b711-54e0-351d-a83c-758cad4cba19 angel reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Height cm 15.5 Height in 6⅛ Width cm 11.2 Width in 4½ Cover reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting Width cm 25.8 Width in 10¼ Covers And Spine Decoration reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing reference term-29641 adlib-term-29641 2cca4338-6a77-3f63-9174-0a137a118930 chasing Applied Arts silver; front and back cover, spine and clasp are cast and chased with two Biblical scenes amid openwork angels, urns, scrolls, diaper-work and flowers silver; the hinged front and back cover, spine and clasp are cast and chased. The covers are rectangular, the spinge slightly concave and the clasp is shaped-triangular. The vignette on the front cover depicts St. John baptising Christ; the back cover possibly shows Christ risen from the tomb. They are surrounded by four angels playing musical instruments, amid vacant cartouches, urns, scrolls, diaper-work and flowers. The spine and clasp are similarly decorated with openwork scrolls. M/P.1-1943 1 accession number M/P.1-1943 159920 priref 159920 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159920 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159920 'C' with crown above on the back and front of the cover struck pseudo-hallmark trefoil on the back and front of the cover struck pseudo-hallmark John George Smith & Co on the back cover struck J.S agent's mark lion passant on the back and front of the cover struck hallmark on the back cover struck b hallmark on the back and front of the cover struck F hallmark leopard's hear on the back cover struck hallmark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs S. Goetze reference agent-182630 adlib-agent-182630 e6f151d4-8080-3354-ab24-fa2aaef97ec9 Goetze, Constance, Mrs 1943 1943 1943 given Entry date: 1943 1880 1880 CE 1880 1880 1897 The book cover was accessioned as 18th century, but is probably late 19th century.The cover bears pseudo 16th or 17th Continental hallmarks, and English import marks for London 1897 1 1897 CE 1897 1897 possibly silversmith reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Produced in Germany or The Netherlands but bearing English import marks for John George Smith & Co, who imported the cover into London in 1897. John George Smith & Co., were proprietors of the Continental Daily Parcels Express, and are known to have imported a large quantity of decorative silver objects, many from Germany. reference term-108070 adlib-term-108070 7e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf3 19th Century, Late reference term-106665 adlib-term-106665 81bdeec4-f191-3840-9127-d89be6989655 literal Germany Germany country possibly Netherlands reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Weight g 260 Weight oz : dwt 8 : 7 reference media-207056 adlib-media-207056 e456790e-acc4-3e57-90ed-9b7028c11c7d jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_1_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 608 width pixels 944 1742599046561 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_M_P_1_1943_1_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 322 width pixels 500 1742599046561 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_1_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 608 width pixels 944 1742599046561 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_M_P_1_1943_1_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 161 width pixels 250 1742599046561 1 image 0 media image reference media-207057 adlib-media-207057 a222bf2c-ba2b-32fb-a806-b3f958ee14a3 jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_2_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 942 width pixels 702 1742598988599 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_M_P_1_1943_2_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 671 width pixels 500 1742598988599 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_2_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 942 width pixels 702 1742598988599 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_M_P_1_1943_2_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 335 width pixels 250 1742598988599 1 image 1 media image reference media-207058 adlib-media-207058 0fbdcaba-afbb-3a21-9670-8d3a81a3e6b2 jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_3_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 954 width pixels 701 1742599041252 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_M_P_1_1943_3_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 680 width pixels 500 1742599041252 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/M_P_1_1943_3_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 954 width pixels 701 1742599041252 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_M_P_1_1943_3_200810_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 340 width pixels 250 1742599041252 1 image 2 media image reference term-125344 adlib-term-125344 81ab69f0-30c3-37a4-87d8-2154e3bb2d8d book cover bible cover history note not known before Mrs Sigismund Goetze reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref: for agent's biography and mark see Vol. I, p. 423, and Vol. II, 203 423 reference publication-2047 adlib-publication-2047 87dd592a-f314-363a-801d-d81ff3fe1546 The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, from the London Assay Office Registers reference publication-200003038 adlib-publication-200003038 a88ca5ed-ed2f-30f5-b634-373e3916cc30 Treasured Books in Silver Livery

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