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A Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists

Print
1697-1704 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Simon Gribelin (Designer)
Gribelin (Published)
Place of origin
London (Published)

Left portion of plate 8 printed from 2 copper plates.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleA Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Simon Gribelin. Plate from a suite of 8 designs for gold- and silversmith ornament entitled 'A Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists'. London, 1697-1704.
Physical description
Left portion of plate 8 printed from 2 copper plates.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 13.2cm
  • Cut to width: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'S. Gribelin inv: et sculp:'
Object history
From a later edition of the suite with added scrolls of foliage framing the ornamental designs.
Bibliographic references
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1683-1693.
  • Griffiths, A. The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London, 1998, p.272, no.188.
  • O' Connell, S. 'Simon Gribelin (1661-1733): Printmaker and Metal-Engraver' in Print Quarterly, vol. II, no. 1, March1985, pp.27-38.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
21635:5

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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