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Trade Union Banner, Leith Shipwrights

Kenning, George, 1880, Banner
Trade Union Banner, Leith Shipwrights
Trade Union Banner, Leith Shipwrights
Trade Union Banner, Leith Shipwrights
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Museums & Galleries Item
Item no
22437
Title
Trade Union Banner, Leith Shipwrights
Description
Blue ribbed silk banner with painted design
in mirror image on both sides, silk fringe and ribbons.Title scroll, LEITH SHIPWRIGHTS. Central oval roundal with a painting of ship in dry dock. As supporters two shipwrights hold up a scroll with UNITED TO ASSIST. The left figure holds a hammer and the right figure, an axe. Above, crossed axe and adze, square and compasses, and a hammer and rivets. Below the date 1873.
Artist / maker
Date
1880
Size
175cm x 260cm
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH4558/85