document(bond)
- Museum number
- EA88678
- Description
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Company Bond for the Société Générale de Pressage et Dépôts. The background is geen coloured with a floral pattern along the sides and a design with elaborate engravings on the top border depicting views of a landscape with a train (right), industry and the pyramids (left). In the top centre is presented the symbol of commerce, the caduceus, and the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with a crecent and three stars. The lower half of the document is composed of detachable coupons. Tophalf inscriptions are in both French and Arabic, the coupons also contain French and Arabic.
- Production date
- 1957
- Dimensions
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Height: 61 centimetres
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Width: 38.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2018 24 May - 22 Jul, London, BM, G3, Forging a national identity: modern Egypt and its ancient past
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Société Générale de Pressage et Dépôts
- Acquisition date
- 2018
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA88678
- Registration number
- 2018,1002.869
