album
- Museum number
- 2013,6047.1
- Title
- Object: Flowers of the Holy Land
- Description
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Pressed-flower album; olive-wood covers with marquetry border framing the word "Jerusalem" in English and Hebrew; slightly faded green cloth spine, marked with the title, repeated on the title page within; followed by twelve pages, each with a pressed flower and its name printed below.
- Production date
- 1920s (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.50 centimetres
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Length: 13.40 centimetres
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Thickness: 1.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The tradition of making olive-wood covered albums such as this also extended to collections of photographs, postcards or reproductions thereof, all being marketed for pilgrims coming to the Holy Land.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired 14th December, entered on deposit 16th December 2013 (deposit number: 988).
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2013,6047.1
