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Victorian Sterling Silver Visiting Card Case
Piers Rankin Antique Silver
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Victorian Sterling Silver Visiting Card Case

19th century
Description

A Victorian sterling silver visiting card case. In a shaped rectangular form with a hinged lid engine turned pattern on both sides with a buckle style initialled cartouche. Very good original condition.

Maker: George Unite, Birmingham

Date: 1881

Weight: 56g

Physical Dimensions
Height
6.3cm (2.48")
Width
8.2cm (3.23")
Depth
0.6cm (0.24")
Declaration

Piers Rankin Antique Silver has dated this Victorian Silver Card Case to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1188190
Dealers Internal Reference
VCC-P72190
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Description
A Victorian sterling silver visiting card case.
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In a shaped rectangular form with a hinged lid engine turned pattern on both sides with a buckle style initialled cartouche.
Piers Rankin Antique Silver

Very good original condition.

Maker: George Unite, Birmingham

Date: 1881

Weight: 56g

Height
6.3cm (2.48")
Width
8.2cm (3.23")
Depth
0.6cm (0.24")
Date of Manufacture

Piers Rankin Antique Silver has dated this Victorian Silver Card Case to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1188190
Dealers Internal Ref
VCC-P72190
Piers Rankin Antique Silver
Piers Rankin Antique Silver
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2017

Piers rankin antique silver is a premier silver dealer est. Over 35 years. Dealing with trade and private clients. Worldwide shipping.

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A rectangular Victorian sterling silver visiting card case featuring intricate engine-turned patterns, scalloped edges, and a central circular monogrammed cartouche.
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Archive I A rectangular Victorian sterling silver visiting card case featuring intricate engine-turned patterns, scalloped edges, and a central circular monogrammed cartouche.

Victorian Sterling Silver Visiting Card Case

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Gloucestershire
GL54 1AA
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A rectangular Victorian sterling silver visiting card case featuring intricate engine-turned patterns, scalloped edges, and a central circular monogrammed cartouche.
Victorian Sterling Silver Visiting Card Case
Ref: SA1188190
A rectangular Victorian sterling silver visiting card case featuring intricate engine-turned patterns, scalloped edges, and a central circular monogrammed cartouche.
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A Victorian visiting card case is a small, portable container designed during the nineteenth century to carry personal calling cards, which were essential components of formal social etiquette.

These cases were typically handcrafted from sterling silver using techniques such as engine turning, hand engraving, and die-stamping to create detailed geometric and foliate surface decoration.

Authentic nineteenth-century British silver cases feature official hallmarks including the monarchs head mark, a town mark, a makers mark, a date letter, and the lion passant indicating sterling purity.

Small antique silver accessories can be styled as functional desk ornaments, displayed within shadow boxes, or arranged on small decorative brass or velvet trays atop sideboards and bookshelves.

Clean gently with a soft microfibre cloth and specialized silver polish designed to prevent abrasion, storing the piece in an anti-tarnish pouch to protect against atmospheric oxidisation.
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