EX LIBRE : CAESAR LITTON FALKINER
Printing Plate
1875-1908 (made)
1875-1908 (made)
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Steel-faced copperplate(?) Ex Libris bookplate with Caesar Litton Falkiner's coat of arms. Rectangular design, showing in the centre: an escutcheon (shield) bearing three birds and a star; a helm (helmet) with acanthus leaves flowing from it and a pair of wings attached to the crown.; a smaller pair of wings, attached to a sphere with a star motif, hanging upside-down from a rope; at the bottom the motto FORTUNA FAVENTE lettered across a banner. This central design framed by a formal decorative border, lettered across the top EX LIBRIS : and across the bottom CAESAR-LITTON-FALKINER-.
Object details
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| Title | EX LIBRE : CAESAR LITTON FALKINER |
| Materials and techniques | steel-faced copperplate(?) |
| Brief description | Steel-faced copperplate(?) Ex Libris bookplate with Caesar Litton Falkiner's coat of arms. Supplied by Birdsall & Son, Northampton. Great Britain. 1875-1908. |
| Physical description | Steel-faced copperplate(?) Ex Libris bookplate with Caesar Litton Falkiner's coat of arms. Rectangular design, showing in the centre: an escutcheon (shield) bearing three birds and a star; a helm (helmet) with acanthus leaves flowing from it and a pair of wings attached to the crown.; a smaller pair of wings, attached to a sphere with a star motif, hanging upside-down from a rope; at the bottom the motto FORTUNA FAVENTE lettered across a banner. This central design framed by a formal decorative border, lettered across the top EX LIBRIS : and across the bottom CAESAR-LITTON-FALKINER-. |
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| Production | The plate is lettered Birdsall H'pton which makes it highly likely that it was supplied by Birdsall & Son, Northampton. |
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| Accession number | E.1040A-1977 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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