Ivory Card Case
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1835
name: label: bequest of
content: James, Catalina Juliana Mason Myers
label: used by
content: Mason, Maria Dorado
notes: label: Description
content: This is a carved ivory calling card case from the early 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.
place: label: used in
content: Puerto Rico
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.033487
label: catalog number
content: 033487
label: accession number
content: 70138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card case
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Carried
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Card Case
label: Other Terms
content: card case; Accessories Carried; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone, ivory (overall material)