card, souvenir

Souvenir card of Cape Town, 1897, containing inside a dried and polished leaf painted with the Union Castle RMS ROSLIN CASTLE under sail. These leaves were known as "sow's ears". In two pieces.

Object Details

ID: TXT0094
Collection: Textiles
Type: card, souvenir
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Roslin Castle 1883 (RMS)
Date made: 1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Card frame: 77 x 212 mm
Parts: card, souvenir