Bidspirit auction | A Pair of Late Victorian

A Pair of Late Victorian Sterling Silver Mounted Devotional Books by Levi and Salaman - A pair of late Victorian miniature devotional books, comprising The Book of Common Prayer and Hymns Ancient and Modern. Both volumes feature sterling silver front covers decorated in a repoussé design of five cherub heads amongst clouds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds' Angels, framed by foliate and C-scroll borders. The books are bound in dark textured leather with gilded page edges. The silver front of the Book of Common Prayer bears the maker's mark L & S in a rectangular cartouche for Levi & Salaman, alongside a Birmingham anchor assay mark, a lion passant sterling mark, and a lowercase date letter f. The silver front of the Hymns volume bears the same maker's mark and assay marks with a lowercase date letter e. The Book of Common Prayer was printed at the Oxford University Press for Henry Frowde, and the Hymns Ancient and Modern was printed for the proprietors by William Clowes & Sons, London. Book Height: 5.5 cm Book Width: 4.5 cm Combined Depth: 3.5 cm.