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Antique Tortoise Shell Card Case
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Antique Tortoise Shell Card Case

1900 - 1920
Sold 15 March 2025 · Antoinettes Heirlooms
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Description

This card case is in fabulous condition

The upper corners have shoulder caps to protect

Tiny pins clearly visible intact

Fabulous piece of lost history

Approx 9x5cm

Date of Manufacture

Antoinettes Heirlooms has dated this Antique Tortoiseshell Card Case to the Edwardian era.

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SA1090350
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Is/sept
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Description
This card case is in fabulous condition

The upper corners have shoulder caps to protect

Tiny pins clearly visible intact

Fabulous piece of lost history

Approx 9x5cm

Date of Manufacture

Antoinettes Heirlooms has dated this Antique Tortoiseshell Card Case to the Edwardian era.

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SA1090350
Dealers Internal Ref
Is/sept
Antoinettes Heirlooms
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An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Antique Tortoise Shell Card Case

Archive II An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. View II
Archive III An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. View III
Archive IV An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. View IV
Archive V An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners. View V
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Antoinettes Heirlooms

Antoinettes Heirlooms
Telephone 07794 559383 or 01789 638113
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The Pheasant Room
The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
Charlecote
Warwickshire
CV35 9EW
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/antoinettes
Verified Since Apr 2020
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Items Sold 209
Antoinettes Heirlooms
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Location: The Pheasant Room, The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, Charlecote, Warwickshire, CV35 9EW, United Kingdom
Profile: sellingantiques.co.uk/antoinettes
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An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners.
Antique tortoise shell card case
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An upright antique tortoiseshell card case featuring mottled brown and amber patterns with reinforced metal corners.
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  • ObjectDecorative Boxes
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleVictorian & Gothic
  • MaterialTortoiseshell, Metal
  • ColourBrown
  • MotifsMottled pattern, Metal reinforcement corners, Rectangular form

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Tortoiseshell card cases gained immense popularity during the Victorian period as essential social accessories for polite society, used to hold calling cards exchanged during visits.

Authentic period pieces were typically crafted using genuine hawksbill sea turtle shell veneers mounted over a lightweight structural core, often reinforced with brass or silver mounts and silk linings.

Authentic antique pieces display natural variations in mottled brown and amber tones, warm tactile qualities, and microscopic growth patterns, whereas plastics often appear uniform and lack organic depth.

These small decorative objects integrate seamlessly into modern spaces when displayed on a bookshelf, coffee table tray, or mantelpiece as a focal point of historic texture.

To prevent drying and cracking, tortoiseshell items should be kept away from direct sunlight and extreme temperature fluctuations, and occasionally cleaned with a soft, dry microfibre cloth.
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