Souvenir of the discovery of America

Landing of Coumbus(sic) Oct 12th 1492

{bookmark still attached to stiff backing paper, with words:}

. . SOUVENIR . .
woven at the
World's Columbian
Exposition
1893
BY THOMAS STEVENS
Coventry, Eng.
INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF
Pure Silk Woven Book Marks
SOUVENIR
OF THE DISCOVERY
OF AMERICA.

image of Columbus and his men
landing in America

LANDING OF COUMBUS
OCT 12th 1492

Portrait of Columbus

with flags

COLUMBUS

image of his ship

THE
SANTA
MARIA

23.0 cm long by 6.4cm wide

by Geoffrey Godden:
Godden does not list this silk.

Other comments:
This silk does not have the STEVENS name on it, although as can be seen, it is still attached to the stiff backing paper used to support the bookmark whilst in the post.

As can be seen in the image above, " COLUMBUS " has been mis-spelt, with the omission of the letter " L ".
Apart from this difference, this bookmark is identical to the one recorded as sb1848 on this site, with the same title.

The bookmark sb1848 similarly does not have the STEVENS name on the reverse, although due to the similarity to the one above, there seems little doubt that sb1848 is the corrected version of the error above.

Reference Number:-	Darby Number:-	Godden Number:-
sb 1849	not recorded	not listed

Size of Silk:	23.0 cm long by 6.4cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
Comments:	by Geoffrey Godden: Godden does not list this silk. Other comments: This silk does not have the STEVENS name on it, although as can be seen, it is still attached to the stiff backing paper used to support the bookmark whilst in the post. As can be seen in the image above, " COLUMBUS " has been mis-spelt, with the omission of the letter " L ". Apart from this difference, this bookmark is identical to the one recorded as sb1848 on this site, with the same title. The bookmark sb1848 similarly does not have the STEVENS name on the reverse, although due to the similarity to the one above, there seems little doubt that sb1848 is the corrected version of the error above.