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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.548

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 156mm
width: 101mm
depth: 27mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

13

Inscriber role/association

Publication reference

References

Reference details

pp. 151-158

Reference (free text)

Thursday, May 8th, 1890, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 13, June 1891.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 153.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting sixteenth century silver-gilt cup with cover, made from repurposed great seal of Phillip and Mary I for Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I; showing widened body showing traces of two coats of arms; four hallmarks at the centre and an inscription in English around the surface below the rim. At the top of the engraving is the cover, topped with a concave fitting with a tall urn-shaped attachment with curved handles, and a figure of a boar at the top. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface with handwritten publication reference.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Suzanne Karr Schmidt.