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Title
Shipper's ticket depicting an Indian god
Reference
YA1995.1/1/3/2
Production date
1895 - 1946
Scope and Content
Coloured shipper's ticket, showing an Indian god figure standing on a woman, with two smaller figures on his shoulders. Text reads 'Jardine Skinner & Co. Regd 24977.' with further text in South Asian script.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Jardine Skinner & Co Biography Biography
Trading company formed in Bombay in 1825 and later reformed in Calcutta in 1844. The company traded initially in textiles but later branched out into opium, tea, timber and petroleum. Their agents in Glasgow were James Ewing & Co., and their agents in Manchester were Matheson & Scott. In 1946 Jardine Skinner merged with George Henderson to form Jardine Henderson.

Subject
Textile arts
SCHIC: 4.5738
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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