The MacGowan plate was done by the house of B.Garfunkle .The engraver was M.Georges Habig.
A party of Phonectian traders have landed on The Stannitee (the tin islands- Britain) and are trading dyed textiles for the tin that was necessary to harden their copper weapons.
In the background are the white cliffs of Southern Britain .The boat was copied from a picture of a Phonecian boat found in an Egyptian carving.
To the left are the skin clad Britons
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| The Bennett A. Cerf bookplate was designed by Rockwell Kent. If you examine the stone face under magnification (click on the image) you will see Mr. Cerf's name |
I have listed a very nice selection of thirty five bookplates on Ebay and thought they
might interest you.
To place a bid you can search Ebay by my seller name Bookplatemaven in the advanced search section
To place a bid you can search Ebay by my seller name Bookplatemaven in the advanced search section
I'll be back with my regular blog posting when the auction ends.
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