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card, souvenir
Souvenir card of Cape Town, 1897, containing inside a dried and polished leaf painted with the Union Castle liner RMS ROSLIN CASTLE at sea, Table Mountain and Lion's Head rock in the background. These leaves were known as "sow's ears".
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Object Details
| ID: | TXT0095 |
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| 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: 72 x 212 mm |