EPHEMERA : POSTCARDS

Title: 'A Hand Clasp from Ireland'
Object Name: Postcard
Description: Printed colour postcard with heraldic motif of the golden harp on a blue shield with castle tower above. Below 'Ireland,' in a green banner. The right-hand side of the postcard shows a motif of a man and woman's hands clasped together within a wreath of green shamrock and the lettering; 'The Shamrock Green o'er earth is seen. Hibernia's beauty telling.' Below is larger text; 'A Hand Clasp from Ireland.' Postcard is addressed to Miss Nicholson, Belfast. Postmark dated 1906.
Materials: card
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.DB.780.21.1

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