Accession number
PML 196484.1-9
Published
ca. 1580-1750
Credit line
Henry S. Morgan Fund,
Description
9 clasps and catches
Notes
Clasps are mounted to individual brown morocco plates (30 x 22.5 cm), set into sunken green morocco panels. Plates are housed in brown morocco clamshell box.
This is a remarkable collection of nine highly ornate silver and pewter book clasps and c
This is a remarkable collection of nine highly ornate silver and pewter book clasps and c
Provenance
Alexander Crawford and James Ludovic Lindsay Crawford; Bibliotheca Lindesiana sale, Sotheby's, 5-7 May 1947, lot 86 to Sawyer for £42; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Jonathan A. Hill, Oct. 2016.
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