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1851
GUSN-179677
Miniature book "The Golden Vase"; black covers and binding; gilt stamped scrolled foliate decoration on binding and top cover. Top cover also with gilt stamped flower basket and bird. Pages gilded on edges. Book of "golden rules."
books
miniatures (paintings)
pasteboard (paper)
gilding
stamping (marking)
scrolling foliage
Book
"GOLDEN VASE" (Foiled)
"Presented / to / Hattie A. Brown / by her father/ Decr. 25, 1853" (handwritten)
"THE / GOLDEN VASE : / MINIATURE GIFT. / BOSTON: / J. BUFFUM, 11 CORNHILL." (printed)
"Entered according to Act of Con-/gress, in the year 1851, By J.M. FLETCHER, / in the Clerk's Office of the District / Court of the District of / New Hampshire." (printed)
Buffum, J. (Publisher)
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.739
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