Bottle of water
Category
Glass
Date
1925
Materials
Glass
Measurements
66 x 28 x 21 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781514.2.1
Summary
Bottle of water from the River Ganges with inscription attached by the sender 1925. Clear glass bottle with paper covered stopper tied with pink ribbon. Paper label attached with brown ribbon. Inscribed in ink 'Greetings from ..... May 11th 1925. Water from the famous River Gangites Old Philippi. We lingered there and read Acts 16 and had prayers and thanksgiving for the Gospel of Jesus Christ'. On verso 'Miss P.H. Peckover Wistaria House Wisbech'.
Provenance
Created by Alexander, Lord Peckover, in the mid 19th-century and passed down through the family. Loaned to the National Trust by the Antony Penrose Collection.