SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:- Radley Number:-
gc 576 1002 No Postcards listed by Sprake listed
 
Postcard woven in black and white silk, of Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford on Avon

 
Words:
Woven on Silk:-

SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE

 

Printed at bottom of card:-
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
  
 
W. H. GRANT & Co.
  
COVENTRY
  
Size:
card:
14.0 cm long by 9.0 cm deep

silk:
9.5 cm long by 6.0 cm deep

Comments:
This silk is recorded on the Grant price list and catalogue as number 123.

The Grant postcard above has been seen with a manuscript message on the reverse, saying:
" Souvenir of a visit to Bradford & its exhibition at The Cartwright Memorial Hall. 24th May 1904. "

This postcard was also issued with the A. READ & Co credit.

same image of Shakespeare's Birthplace, but with A. Read & Co. credit

 

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This page was created on 17 February 2002
new image added 10 May 2005. Image replaced 17 May 2015, and new improved version added 29 May 2017. A Read card added 29 May 2017 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks