trencher;
case;
print
- Museum number
- 1921,0216.34
- Description
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Set of 12 wooden trenchers in wooden case; each decorated with coloured engraving, pasted on to wood, representing Labours of the Months; line of descriptive verse around each engraving; coat of arms within garter on case.
- Production date
- 1630 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 18.60 centimetres (case)
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Diameter: 14.90 centimetres (roundel)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Surely 19th C?
Complete set of trenchers from the Greg collection, pasted with a set of twelve engravings by Crispijn de Passe from a set of Months (Hollstein 576-588). For a sole survivor of another series of (originally) twelve trenchers (pasted with the engraving September by Crispijn de Passe), made in the same way, i.e. with print cut out and pasted onto roundel, then handcoloured and inscribed, see also 1895,0603.159.
Literature: M. Jones, 'The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight', New Haven and London, 2010, p.21 and fig.8.
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For information about the donor, Mary Greg, see:
Mitchell, L., 2014. ‘Treasuring things of the least’: Companion Extraordinaire Mary Hope Greg. The Guild of St George Journal, The Companion, 14, pp.10-12
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Prints damaged.
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Labours of the Months
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1921,0216.34
