Telegram
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
147 mm (H); 214 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1148992.3
Summary
Telegram. A telegram contained in a small geometrically carved ebony and ivory cylindrical box. The threaded lid and base is made of ebony, the body is ivory. The telegram is dated April 28th 1922 an reads 'Many Happy Returns ... ', and with a provenance statement on the reverse.
Provenance
'The Ivory pot was made by Colonel Young and given to Philip Yorke~1922'
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of a standard telegram form: [Office of origin] Chelsea/ [No. of words] 12 / [Office stamp] WREXHAM [In a semi-circular curve] / 28 APR / 22 / Yorke Erthig Park / Wrexham / Many Happy returns all luck / - Arthur and Carrie On the reverse: The Ivory pot was made by / Colonel Young and given to / Philip Yorke on his 73rd Birthday / by his first cousin Tuttie Young / nee Birch Raynardson / 1922 / (2 months before he died)