Castles:
Conway

[Experimental version]

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:-
sc 200 not recorded not recorded
 
Experimental postcard with small rectangular silk of Conway Castle, and printed verse
the image of this silk was kindly donated by
Jacqueline Gibney, New Zealand.

Words:
Woven on silk:-
 
CONWAY
 
 
  
 
  
    Printed on card:-
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WOVEN IN SILK.
 
  
Castles.

They stand, as stands a lofty
      mind,
Worn, but unstooping to the
      baser crowd,
There was a day when they
      were young and proud,
Banners on high, and battles
      pass'd below;
But they who fought are in a
      bloody shroud,
And those who waved are
      shredless dust ere now,
And the bleak battlements
      shall bear no future blow.
                        - BYRON.

  
Size:
card:
cm long by cm deep

silk:
cm long by cm deep

Comments:

Chris Radley, in his book "The Woven Silk Postcard" discusses the Stevens Experimental cards. He records that whilst there is no evidence on the cards themselves to attribute production to Stevens, nevertheless a member of the Stevens family confirmed that these cards had been handed down through the family.

As can be seen from the image above, the card itself is not at all like any other Stevens postcard.

It is unlikely these cards were released for general sale, being used instead by the Stevens family for personal use.

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