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Silversmith: Unknown (Possibly)
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.
History note: Not known before Mrs Sigismund Goetze
Given by Mrs S. Goetze
Weight: 260 g
Weight: 8 : 7 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Goetze, Constance, Mrs
19th Century, Late#
1880
CE
-
1897
CE
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.
Cover
Height 15.5 cm
Height 6⅛ in
Width 11.2 cm
Width 4½ in
Covers And Spine
Width 25.8 cm
Width 10¼ in
Decoration
Inscription present: 'C' with crown above
Inscription present: trefoil
Inscription present: John George Smith & Co
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: leopard's hear
Accession number: M/P.1-1943
Primary reference Number: 159920
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Book cover" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159920 Accessed: 2024-12-31 23:14:26
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-31 23:14:26|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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