Antique Prints-GEMS-SHELLS-CUP-CLOCK-CHINA-Meyers-1900

Subject: Plate: Schmucksteine I. ( Jewelry Stones I ). This plate shows shells, cups, cans and clock made of gems.

Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image.

Medium: Original colour chromolithographs.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 16 x 24.5 cm. The image size is ca. 13 x 21.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.3 x 9.6 inch. The image size is ca. 5.1 x 8.5 inch.

Part Number: 13223

Location: (PCOMAN) C26-42

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from a famous German encyclopedia: 'Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.' ca. 1900 edition, published in Leipzig and Vienna. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia.

Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).