Book-cover
On display
Silver bindings were fashionable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for private devotional texts. The engraved scenes on the front and back depict the anointing of David and David with the head of Goliath respectively. The designs are adapted from Netherlandish prints.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
Details
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Title
Book-cover
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Associated place
Netherlands (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1630
early 17th century -
Material and technique
silver
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.4 x 10.8 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 55 | Silver -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1947.191.150
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Further reading
Schroder, Timothy, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009), 453
