The compliments of the season

(surrounded by wreath)

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1948 430 676
 

same bookmark but
with pink background silk
 
 
Bookmark with title words in wreath
same bookmark but
with purple background silk
 
 
Bookmark with title words in wreath
 
 
 
 
Bookmark with title words in wreath
image kindly donated by a
Member of the Bookmark Society, UK.
Words:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

wreath in which are words:

THE
Compliments
OF
THE SEASON

 

Size of Silk:
12.3cm long by 4.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
White
Purple
Pink
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
NOTE: However, the " N " of STEVENS is reversed.

This bookmark also has a woven diamond registration mark on the reverse, which dates the design to 8 October 1862.

This design however is not recorded by Godden as having been registered:

diamond registration mark woven on the reverse of this bookmark

The symbol at the top is the letter " O ", which would make this 1862. The symbol on the left is the letter " B ", and is the Month of October. The number on the right is 8, being the day of the month. The number 1 at the bottom point is the Bundle number.

Godden notes that on 8 October 1862, Stevens registered the design " I wish you a merry Christmas " {recorded as sb1048 on this site}. As the overall design of that bookmark is the same as the one above, it is evident Stevens simply modified the registered design, and the one above was not actually registered at all.

 



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This page was created on 4 May 2009
new image added 21 November 2009.
Purple and Pink background images added 27 January 2016. Wording regarding the diamond registration modified on 5 May 2019 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks