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A Book of Jewellers Work design'd by Thomas Flach in London

Print
1736 (first published)
Artist/Maker
Flach (designer)
Fessey (printmaker)
Place of origin
London (first published)

Title plate

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleA Book of Jewellers Work design'd by Thomas Flach in London (suite title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Thomas Flach (after), title plate, and 1 of 6 plates, from A Book of Jewellers Work, London, 1736.
Physical description
Title plate
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 21.0cm
  • To plate mark width: 29.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the centre of the plate: 'A / Book of jewellers Work / design' / by Thomas Flach in / London'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'Sold at ye. Queen's head & Star in St. Martins Le Grand. Published according to Act of Parliament 20 Oct. 1736'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'I. Fessey Sculp.'
Bibliographic reference
(Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 757.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3662-1904

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O864299/a-book-of-jewellers-work-print-flach/
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