Souvenir of the loan collection of Georgian silver : exhibited in aid of the funds of the British Red Cross Society.
Category
Books
Date
1935
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3251656
Summary
Bibliographic description
42, [2] p. : ill. ; 4to. Pencil note on front pastedown: "Note Numbers 40, 41, 164 are at Anglesey Abbey Cambridge. / Number 78 (2) are at Bakeham House Englefield Green Surrey. / Fairhaven / 26/6/35/" [i.e. from the collections of Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) and his brother, Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt-stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine. Binding: Twentieth-century half mustard yellow morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Georgian silver'; gilt-stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on rear turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ld.'. Original printed paper wrappers retained.