ECL.29-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.29-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Album for crests, monograms, coats of arms, postmarks, etc.
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Content (description)
Printed album with blank pages to paste crests, monograms and coats of arms, including a printed supplement of mottoes and classical quotations. A few ruled pages inserted at the end with hand-written index.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 198mm
width (actual size): 162mm
width (actual size): 162mm
Dimension note
Dimension of the album
Material
paper
textile
leather
textile
leather
Materials & techniques note
Album with half leather binding and red cloth on covers.
Production
Date
1900s
Note
Printed in London by E. Nister probably at the beginning of the 20th century.
History and association
Object history note
Ms. note 'Ruth + Oliver Farmer' and ' From H.M. Stocks 1904' on the verso of front endpapers.
Previous ownership
Eton College: Booklabel on verso of front endpaper recording donation to Eton College Library by the Parker-Jervis and Farmer families in 2005 in memory of two Etonians who died in 1916 and 1915.
