Tortoiseshell Card Case
Tortoiseshell Card Case
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- Description
- This is a tortoiseshell calling card case from the mid-1800s. It was most likely used by a woman to keep the calling cards she would leave when making house calls to friends or family. Calling cards were prevalent during the Victorian era and were often displayed in decorative receivers (or trays) near the front entry of one’s home.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- card case
- Other Terms
- card case; Accessories Carried; Female
- date made
- 1840-1890
- ID Number
- 1982.0286.03
- accession number
- 1982.0286
- catalog number
- 1982.0286.3
- Credit Line
- Constance H. Schwab
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Costume
- Domestic Furnishings
- American Enterprise
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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