I wish you a merry Christmas

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1048  87 508
 
bookmark,
with blue background,
 
same bookmark, but with blue background colour
 
bookmark,
with damson background,
 
same bookmark, but with damson background colour
The image of this silk was very kindly donated by Graham Fulford
same bookmark,
with white background,
 
Bookmark with words inside a wreath
the image of this bookmark
was kindly donated by the
Victoria University Library
(Toronto, Canada)
Words:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[words woven inside a wreath
of holly and mistletoe berries:]
 
I
wish you
a Merry
Christmas

 
Size of Silk:
12.7cm long by 3.8cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
Black
Damson
White
Blue
 
Comments:
Signed "T STEVENS COVENTRY" at pointed end, together with a Diamond Registration mark, although two different ones:-
 
With this white background bookmark, together with an incomplete diamond registration mark.

The implication being that this particular bookmark was made and sold before the registration was completed:

Stevens name woven on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo and incomplete diamond registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
 
With this blue background bookmark, together with a completed diamond registration mark dated to 8 October 1862.

The implication being that this particular bookmark was made and sold after the registration was completed:

 
 
Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo and diamond registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
 
  
 
 
YEAR:
O
{1862}
  
MONTH:
B
{October}
  
DAY:
8
 
 
BUNDLE:
1
 
 
  

Note: Within STEVENS woven name, the " N " has been woven in reverse.

 
 

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