1790 Common Gordius (Hair Worm) F. P Nodder Book Plate Engraving vintage tin rattle The code described here seems

The code described here seems generally in keeping with what else I've seen

though there is really no sign of welding along his shoulders

6 1/4" tall

2 3/4" across at opening

1790 Common Gordius (Hair Worm) F. P Nodder Book Plate Engraving vintage tin rattle The code described here seemsThis just struck me as rather poetic and wonderfully lyrical two looping knots of worm at top and bottom, and then one outstretched across the middle. The text underneath reads London, England Nov. 1790, by F. P Nodder & Co. No. 15 Brewer Street. Frederick Polydore Nodder (1770 c. 1800) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter, who illustrated George Shaw's periodical The Naturalist's Miscellany, which is where this bookplate came from, and