Instruction sheet
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
112 mm (W); 91 mm (H)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 32827.3
Summary
Folded piece of cream paper printed on both sides. First side reads; Form No 13. / WONDERFUL RICE NO. 8241. / The following words have been written on the grain of rice. / A happy and prosperous life to / Lt.-Col the Rt.Hon.G.A.Gibbs.M.P., / The Treasurer to the King's Household, London, England. / From Museum Darulfalah, Delhi, India / Total (119) letters / Prepared by MUSEUM DARULFALAH, Sadar Bazar. Delhi. / Kindly see reading directions over leaf. On the reverse side, printed in red inside a red-line border: 1. Kindly unscrew the phial case and / read the inscription on the rice fitted with / the cork rod inside the phial, with the help of / Eyeglass, without taking it out, to avoid the / rice coming out of the wax setting. / 2.Should the rice come out, it can be reset by heating the wax and inserting the / rice point in the wax. / Museum Darulfalah, / SADAR BAZAR, DELHI,.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.