Postcard, Italy, ca. 1903
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1903
A postcard depicting a mushroom with an inscription in Italian that reads thus: 'Does safety concern you? distrust fungi! The most dangerous is that known under the name of the Black Wood Fungus. Even though it may be most agreeable to the taste it produces a swelling of the belly and it causes, after a short time, terrible pains in the whole region of the lower belly.'
It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- colour halftone
- Dimensions
- Height: 7 cm; Width: 11 cm; Depth: 5 cm; Height: 9 cm; Width: 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Italy, Germany
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'C' / CARTES POSTALES / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / Sections 13, 14, 15 / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; 'CLASSEAUR / ALBUM / CARTES POSTALES / Sections / 13 14 15 / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O60133
- Museum object name
- Postcard
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- E.525:555-2001
- Museum system number
- O60133
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.