Earlier card matt version, with lower case letters used on the Grant credit line.
 
Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. - Tried, Trusted, True (small version), in brown matt
 
Slightly later card matt version, with longer face.
 
Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. - Tried, Trusted, True (small version), in green matt
 
  

Right Hon. W.E. GLADSTONE, M.P.

TRIED, TRUSTED, TRUE

(small version, facing half left)

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:-
go 204 not listed Sprake did not record any Grants
 
Words:

Woven on Silk:-
 

Printed at top of card:-
TRIED, TRUSTED, TRUE.

Printed at bottom of card:-
W.H GRANT, Manufacturer, Foleshill, Coventry
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
 
Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P.

Size:
Card-mount:
14.7cm deep by 10.8cm wide

silk:
8.2cm high by 5.6cm wide

Comments:
by Geoffrey Godden:
This silk is unrecorded by Goddden.

Other comments:
This version of has a reverse label giving a detailed history of Gladstone, rather than the more usual advertising label:

 
reverse label, giving history of Gladstone
 
 

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This page was created on 10 January 2010
image of green matt silk added 13 June 2010. Image of reverse label added 9 September 2018 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks