Author: CRIPPS, WILFRED JOSEPH .
Title: Old Church Plate. How To Descirbe It. By Wilfred. J. Cripps, C.B., F.S.A.
Description: [ Privately Printed for Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1893. ] . 0. Privately printed for Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. pp.7 + 2 plates. A very good red quarter calf binding. Leather spine over red cloth boards. Spine with gilt titles: "1877 Church Plate At Cirencester W. J. Cripps". 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: Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Notes on the Church Plate at Cirecester. By Wilfred Joseph Cripps Architecture


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