Surrounding the title text is a border consisting namely of flowers, vines, and a lone, open book. Beneath the title text is a list of names that include Elias Hudson Bartley, Herman Philip Bender, William Browning, William Frederick Dudley, Henry Arnold Fairbairn, Jacob Fuhs, Albert Martin Judd, David Fletcher Lucas, George MacNaughton, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, Frank Eliot West, Walter Childs Woods.
A shield with a chequy Or and Sable bordure surrounding a sable field divided by an Or fess with two Or lozenges (each with a sable roundel in the center) above, and an additional beneath. At the helm, atop a torse, are three heads of wheat. Beneath the shield, upon a banner, is the motto Sapiens Qui Assiduus..
Printed in red and black ink, the scene includes an anchor with a snake wrapped around the top, much like a caduceus. Two fists emerging from two cloudlike objects hold the anchor. In the background can be seen an active body of water. Below the image are spaces labeled "Accession Number" and "Press Mark", and room in which to write.
Subject (Name):
Wellcome Historical Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Medical libraries, and Wellcome Historical Medical Library
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 150 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.