Bookplate for Rice Public Library
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate with a border made to look like a stone carving. Within the border is the text "Kittery, Maine, Rice Public Library, 1888." The central shield bears three ravens on a field divided by a chevron. The shield is topped by a helmet adorned with a wreath, a raven, and elaborate mantling.
~ “Bookplate for Rice Public Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 25, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1639.
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Title
Bookplate for Rice Public Library
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate with a border made to look like a stone carving. Within the border is the text "Kittery, Maine, Rice Public Library, 1888." The central shield bears three ravens on a field divided by a chevron. The shield is topped by a helmet adorned with a wreath, a raven, and elaborate mantling.
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.231
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ¼”H x 3 and ¾”W