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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3131326.2
Summary
Book mark flier kept printed in blue on white on the front and full colour on the reverse. Front: 'FOUNDED . 1815 SCOTTISH WIDOWS FUND THE LARGEST BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE FUNDS £20,500,000. EDINBURGH, 9 ST. ANDREW SQUARE. LONDON, 28 CORNHILL, E.C. 6 WATERLOO PLACE, PAL MALL, S.W.' The writing is boardered by stylised leaves and thistles with a central image of a man stood next to a winged horse on top of a scythe with a banner 'TAKE . TIME . BY. THE . FORLOCK' to the right and beneath 'FRONTE . CAPILLATA . EST POST . EST . OCCASIO . CALVA'. Back: A full colour picture of a lady picking heather in a glen overlooked by mountains with 'THE SCOTTISH WIDOWS FUND' on each side with a Celtic border design. The book mark is kept in the book 'Highways and byways in Yorkshire' by Arthur Hamilton Norway (1859-1938) (record 3131326).