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Silver
Origin: Netherlands
Date: Early 17th century
13.4 cm height; 10.8 cm width
Provenance: Black, 1943
Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947; WA1947.191.150
T. Schroder (2009), no. 453
Silver bindings were fashionable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for private devotional texts. The engraved scenes on the front and back depict the anointing of David and David with the head of Goliath respectively. The designs are adapted from Netherlandish prints.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
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