![[BIRMINGHAM -- Holy Trinity Church Bordesley]. Illuminated manuscript presented to Reverend Alan Hunter Watts by the Council of Holy Trinity Church, 12 July 1887, decorated in gold and colours with illuminated initials and a variety of foliate borders, with inset miniatures in watercolour of the church, the vicarage and the mission hall, by E. Morton of Birmingham, 8 leaves, 265 x 193mm, window mounted in card, gilt red morocco with roll-tooled borders, lettered on upper cover 'To the Rev. Alan Hunter Watts on his resigning the Vicarage of Holy Trinity, Bordesley, Birmingham, July 1887', silk linings, gilt edges, brass clasps, original hardwood box, velvet lined, brass presentation plate.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/CSK/2001_CSK_09280_0362_000(040026).jpg?w=1)
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[BIRMINGHAM -- Holy Trinity Church Bordesley]. Illuminated manuscript presented to Reverend Alan Hunter Watts by the Council of Holy Trinity Church, 12 July 1887, decorated in gold and colours with illuminated initials and a variety of foliate borders, with inset miniatures in watercolour of the church, the vicarage and the mission hall, by E. Morton of Birmingham, 8 leaves, 265 x 193mm, window mounted in card, gilt red morocco with roll-tooled borders, lettered on upper cover 'To the Rev. Alan Hunter Watts on his resigning the Vicarage of Holy Trinity, Bordesley, Birmingham, July 1887', silk linings, gilt edges, brass clasps, original hardwood box, velvet lined, brass presentation plate.
A lavish presentation album, reflecting the style of the 19th-century Anglo-Catholic movement, of which Birmingham was one of the focuses.
A lavish presentation album, reflecting the style of the 19th-century Anglo-Catholic movement, of which Birmingham was one of the focuses.
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