Six full-colour greeting cards with historical information (right-hand side blank for personal greeting).
The Ring; The Sword; The Fan; The Jug; The Chain; The Football
Cards can be purchased as a set of 6 only, for $25.00 per set, including GST and postage.
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Card 1:
The ring of the Reverend James Guthrie (1612-1661)
The Reverend James Guthrie passed on this exquisite ring as he ascended the scaffold on 1 June 1661...read more
Card 2:
Katana (Samurai Sword), Swordsmith: Saneyuki of Takeda, Bunyo Province, 1600s
The history of the Japanese sword, spanning some 1,500 years, is one of a warrior’s virtue, valour, and strength....read more
Card 3:
Fan depicting the victory of William Duke of Cumberland at the Siege of Stirling, 1 February 1746
The hand-painted fan was a significant political tool used by British women to conceal and reveal their political emotion in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century social scene....read more
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Card 4:
The Stirling Jug, or the Scots Pint, Gun metal, 1511
Sixteenth-century Stirling was the home of a thriving brewing industry, developed largely by women....read more
Card 5:
St Fillan’s Chain, from a healing pool at Killin
The Irish monk St Fillan, patron saint of lunatics, came to Scotland in 717 AD. After travelling around Scotland he ended up at Strathfillen near Tyndrum....read more
Card 6:
Football, leather and pig’s bladder, Queen’s Chamber, Stirling Castle, 1540s.
This football was discovered above the Queen’s bedchamber at Stirling Castle, which was completed in the early 1540s. But how did it get there?....read more
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