(.1) Bible with black leather cover, with overhanging edge that folds over pages of bible. Impressed on front cover in gold "Holy Bible/ Maggie Swan./ Xmas, 1908." Impressed in gold on spine "Holy Bible". Pages have semicircles cut out at start of each chaper, with a black label with the first three letters of chaper name. Message written on second page of bible in black ink "With love/ from Mother and/ dad/ Xmas 1908". Purple stamp on third page at bottom "J.W. BARNARD, Barrack Street Perth". Pages edged in gold.
(.2) Red leather bookmark, beige leather on reverse. Boomark consists of a small strip with pointed end sewn onto wider shorter backing strip of leather. Impressed in gold down centre of thinner strip "HERE'S YOUR PAGE."
(.3) Bue ribbon with white cardboard mesh in centre, embroidered in blue across centre "THE Holy [picture of bible - embroidered in blue and yellow] Our Chart".
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
Swan Collection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1999.51.1-3 |
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| Accession Date: | 21 Nov 2002 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 1997 |
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| Credit: | WA Museum Collection |
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Material
| Paper/Paper | leather, paper, ribbon, cardboard
| 1 - bible |
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| Leather/Leather | 2 - bookmark |
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| Ribbon/Textile | 3 - bookmark |
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| Cardboard/Paper | 3 - bookmark |
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Measurement
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