Hands across the sea

T.S.S. Caledonia

(USA & Irish flags)

woven image of USA and Irish flags, with Hands Across the Sea printed above silk, and ships name printed below silk

the image of this postcard was kindly donated by
Mark Cottrill, U.K.

Printed at top of card:-

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

Woven on Silk:-

[image of USA and Irish flags
with man's and woman's shaking hands
and tassles below hands only]

Printed at bottom of card:-

	WOVEN IN PURE SILK
	T.S.S. CALEDONIA.

card:
cm long by cm deep

silk:
cm long by cm deep

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 shamrock design in each corner, and the additional rectangular pressing round the whole central design.

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.

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-	Radley Number:-
gc 419	not recorded	No Postcards listed by Sprake	Not recorded