Accession No

4381

Brief Description

framed diploma from the Turin 1911 International Exhibition, awarded to Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, by Geraglio, Italian, 1911

Origin

Italy; Turin

Maker

Geraglio

Class

ephemera; prints

Earliest Date

1911

Latest Date

1911

Inscription Date

1911

Material

paper; glass; wood

Dimensions

breadth 719mm; height 577mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘NEL CINQVANTESIMO ANNIVERSARIO
DELLA PROCLAMAZIONE DEL REGNO D’ITALIA
1861 - 1911’ (top of print)
‘Esposizione Internazionale
delle indvstrie e del lavoro
torino 1911
gruppo II. classe 13.
fvori concorso
alla CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT Co. Ltd., Cambridge’ (bottom of print)
‘Stab. Bott. E. CHAPPUIS - Bologna’ (bottom left hand corner)

Description Notes

Framed diploma awarded to the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company in 1911 at the Turin International Exhibition. Signed by four officials. Diploma designed by Geraglio; his signature is in the bottom right corner. Glass of frame cracked right across.

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