Author: BAKER, OLIVER, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-ETCHERS (LONDON); MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS (BIRMINGHAM)
Title: Black Jacks and Leather Bottells. Being some account of Leather Drinking Vessels in England and incidentally of other Ancient Vessels
Description: Cheltenham Spa, Privately Printed by Ed. J. Burrow, & Co. Ltd. 1921, First Edition. Cloth. Signed, Limited Edition, Hardback, 250mm x 330mm tall (9.5" x 13" approx.). 197pp with 72 text figs. (line-drawn by the Author), a coloured frontispiece, 2 further coloured plates; 21 b/w plates, In all, 24 plates with a total of 45 illustrations, many of multiple items. and (detached but present) the original brown silk(?) page-marker. Rubs to the hd/tl of spine as usual, but otherwise very good, in the original brown cloth-covered boards/gilt titles/gilt logo to front board. Signed Limited Edition, this being No. 337. Weighing over one and a half kilos, some additional postage will be required for overseas mailing. Very Good.

Keywords: Cordwainer Antiques Drinking Vessels Bottles Leather Wine Beer Alcohol Church Monastic History England Toby Jugs Anglo Saxon Water Bouget Mugs Wooden Bowls Bombards Cromwell University Army Antiques and Collectibles Fashion and Accessories History and Pol


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