The designer of the art nouveau bookplate on the left is unknown. The blazon is Gules a crescent party per pale Or and Argent between three trefoils slipped of the third , and although the palewise lines of the Gules hatching cannot be distinguished at 72ppi resolution, the dots representing Or may be seen on the dexter half of the crescent. The shield at the foot of the bookplate is a mystery, for while it bears the same charges, their tinctures are changed and the field is Argent, the crescent Gules and the trefoils probably Sable. To conclude this month's exhibits, here are three examples of the work of a Canadian artist we find impossible to praise too highly. Gordon Macpherson does not use a production line for his output.
Every design is markedly different in style.
On the right the arms of a lady depicted on a lozenge are surrounded with the Celtic motifs her Gaelic Christian names suggest she wished. Below right is the bookplate of a churchman, featuring in the upper corners a Celtic knot but otherwise elegantly simple. Below is a more conventional design with powerful use of black.