Book covers
WB.224
1800–1830 •
Silver-gilt •
book-cover
medallion
Curator's Description
Book cover; silver-gilt chased in relief; each side with floral scrolls within formal border, interrupted by eight rosettes; nielloed medallion in centre, one side with rampant goat, other with letter; back of four hinged plates with ornament in relief; inscribed.
This object was collected and bequeathed to the British Museum by Ferdinand Anselm Rothschild.
How big is it?
9 cm wide, 11.1 cm high, 3.4 cm deep, and it weighs 369g
Detailed Curatorial Notes
Provenance: None is recorded.
Bibliography
- Charles Hercules Read, 'The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898', London, 1902, no. 224 fig..33
- O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.224.
- Read 1902: Read, Charles Hercules, The Waddesdon Bequest. Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898, London, BMP, 1902
- Dalton 1927: Dalton, Ormonde Maddock, The Waddesdon Bequest : jewels, plate, and other works of art bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild., London, BMP, 1927