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19th Century Victorian Ormolu Book Slide Asprey

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This is a high quality antique Victorian coromandel porcelain inset adjustable book slide, by Betjemann's, 19th century and circa 1870 in date. It is made of stunnning coromandel and features a pair of oval gilt brass mounts enclosing porcelain reserves of seated cherubs, and it is wonderfully decorated with stupendous ormolu mounts decorated with rope detail. This amazing book slide bears the engraved brass plaque. FIELD late STOCKEN 53 Regent Street It was made by the renowned maker of patented mechanisms, Betjemann's of Pentonville Road, London, and bears their engraved plaque name and patent number 5329. It is a delightful object which will display your favourite books beautifully. Condition: In excellent condition. As an antique items, the pieces shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, the slide displays beautifully. Dimensions in cm: Height 5.5 x Width 41 x Depth 18 - Closed Height 20 x Width 67 x Depth 18 - Open Dimensions in inches: Height 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 4 inches x Depth 7 inches - Closed Height 8 inches x Width 2 foot, 2 inches x Depth 7 inches - Open Betjemann & Sons From 1859, based at 36-40 Pentonville Road, London, George Betjemann amd his two sons took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for operating the way that different compartments in vanity boxes opened and also the sprung system for book slides. Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade. The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian. But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)" The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...." Giovanni...
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