Victorian Mother-of-Pearl & Abalone Calling Card Case

Stunning antique Victorian calling card case crafted in luminous mother-of-pearl and iridescent abalone shell. Tessellated pearl tiles frame a diamond-shaped engraved metal cartouche, hand-detailed with delicate foliate scrollwork and a monogram medallion at its center.

Opening to a pleated accordion interior lined in rich blue silk, this hinged book-form case is a romantic relic of 19th-century elegance, once carried to hold a lady's or gentleman's calling cards. The pearlescent surface shifts with the light, glowing in soft rose, silver and green.

A beautiful collector's piece and a gorgeous accent for a vanity, curio shelf, or vignette of antique treasures.

Measures approximately 4.25” by 3”

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