Hands across the sea

H.M.S. Birmingham

(White Ensign & British flags)

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:- Radley Number:-
gc 417 not recorded No Postcards listed by Sprake Not recorded
 
woven image of White Ensign & British flags, with Hands Across the Sea printed above silk, and ships name printed below silk
the image of this silk postcard was kindly donated by Graham Parker, Great Britain
 

 
Words:
Printed at top of card:-

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

 
Woven on Silk:-

[image of White Ensign & British flags
with man's and woman's shaking hands
and tassles below hands only]

Printed at bottom of card:-
 
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
 
  
 
H.M.S. BIRMINGHAM.
 
  
Size:
card:
cm long by cm deep

silk:
cm long by cm deep

Comments:
Grant postcards usually have printed card designs, although it is now believed they also made two variety of embossed ship and Hands Across The Sea postcards.

The essential feature of the embossing on the silk above is the anchor design in each corner.

From the recorded silk R.M.S. Caronia {gc408 on this site} which has the Grant name printed on the card, we know that embossed silks with an anchor design in each corner, as the image above, were made by Grant.

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