R.M.S. Baltic

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:- Radley Number:-
gc 430 not recorded No Postcards listed by Sprake Not recorded
 

woven image of ship, with small flags on masts and ships name printed below silk
 

 
Words:
Woven on Silk:-

[image of ship, with small flags on masts]

Printed at bottom of card:-
     
WOVEN IN SILK
 
     
   
R.M.S. BALTIC.
 
     
 
24,000 tons
 
 
75ft. broad.
 
 
725ft. 9ins. long.
Displacement, loaded, 40,000 tons.
 
49ft. deep.
 
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.

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 were made by Grant.

A second feature noted with these "anchor" cards is a secondary rectangular embossing enclosing the whole central design. It is believed this feature is unique to Grant, and it is this feature which has identified the silk postcard above as being of Grant manufacture.


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