Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . BOOK CLASP IN SILVER GILT, FRENCH. Iyr-CEIN (iMo3583) BOOK CLASPS. A PAIR CHAeED SILVER (HEART-SHAPED EM OS GERMAN . S (.No 9 01 9 . 0 0 iq « J W- C. M AC KAIM CS-S FECIT. BOOK-CLASPS. Nos. 3583- -1853, and 9019—1863. THE centre clasp is intended for a single one to close a book, and is agood example of French design and workmanship of about the year1690. The material is silver, which has been gilded ; the decoration iswith filigree work, surrounding three small plaq
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . BOOK CLASP IN SILVER GILT, FRENCH. Iyr-CEIN (iMo3583) BOOK CLASPS. A PAIR CHAeED SILVER (HEART-SHAPED EM OS GERMAN . S (.No 9 01 9 . 0 0 iq « J W- C. M AC KAIM CS-S FECIT. BOOK-CLASPS. Nos. 3583- -1853, and 9019—1863. THE centre clasp is intended for a single one to close a book, and is agood example of French design and workmanship of about the year1690. The material is silver, which has been gilded ; the decoration iswith filigree work, surrounding three small plaques of champlevd enamelin niello. The clasp is rather over five inches in length from point topoint, but the same design could easily be adapted for books either oflarger or smaller size. The other two clasps are a pair, to be fitted across the edges near thetop and bottom of the binding. They are also silver, very carefully chasedwith scroll or foliated ornaments and heart-shaped ends. It is not easyto determine where they were made, but at some time early in the lastcentury. The etching represents
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