Handkerchief
Handkerchief
Object name: Handkerchief
Associated with Queen Victoria (British, 1819 - 1901)
Date: 1897
Dimensions:
345 x 400 mm
Medium: Cotton
Object number: C10620
DescriptionHandkerchief celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond jubilee. Square of cream-coloured cotton decorated in black with an image of Queen Victoria flanked by images of Visount Melbourne, the Marquis of Salisbury, the colonies of the British Empire, and the phrase "The Diamond Wedding of the Queen and her Nation". The whole image is surrounded by a border of black and white stripes.