Souvenir of the discovery of America

 

{bookmark still attached to stiff backing paper, with words:}
 
 SOUVENIR
 of
 Discovery of America
 AND
 World's Columbian
 EXPOSITION
 Woven in Pure Silk
 
 
SOUVENIR
OF THE DISCOVERY
OF AMERICA.

WOVEN IN THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of Columbus and men landing,
with words woven below
 
LANDING OF COLUMBUS. OCT 12 1492

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of his ship,
The Santa Maria

 
 

cm long by cm wide

 

The actual central design of the silk bookmark is a replication of the picture, " Landing of Columbus, Oct 12, 1492 {recorded as st392 on this site}, and as such, whilst neither the silk nor backing paper has the Stevens name, it is undoubtedly of his manufacture.

Note too that the stiff backing paper above has the same printing as bookmark sb1884, which itself has been identified as of Stevens manufacture.