Author: J. F. CHANTER [ REV. JOHN FREDERICK CHANTER 1853 - 1939 ] .
Title: First Report of the Church Plate Committee [ Devonshire Church Plate Reports ] .
Description: Privately Printed for Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, 1905 . 0. Privately printed for the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art,. pp.106 + 12 full-page plates. Second title-page on recto of p.24: "Second Report Of The Committee On Church Plate..1907." A very good red quarter calf binding. Leather spine over red cloth boards. Spine with gilt titles: "1905-12 Devonshire Church Plate Reports. J. F. Chanter". Small library stamp to front endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean text throughout. VG. ** "Wilfred Joseph Cripps CB FSA (8 June 1841 – 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. In the early 1870s W. J. Cripps began research on old English plate. In 1878 he published Old English Plate, which went through nine editions by 1906 and provided valuable information for buyers of antique plate. In June 1880 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1889 Birthday Honours." - See Wikipedia .

Keywords: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art J.F. Chanter Notes on the Church Plate at Northleach. By Wilfred Joseph Cripps Architecture


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