R.M.S. Elmina

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:- Radley Number:-
gc 410 not recorded No Postcards listed by Sprake Recorded
 

normal mount for this postcard, with the usual anchor corner motif
 
 
Colour image of ship
 
same postcard, except the corner motif is that of the Irish shamrock
instead of the normal anchor design.
 
Colour image of ship
 

 
Words:
Woven on Silk:-

[image of ship, with two masts,
a yellow funnel and flag of the African Steam Ship Co]

Printed at bottom of card:-
 
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
 
 
 
R.M.S. ELMINA
 
 
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 four anchor designs 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.


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