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Rectangular card case covered with red leather on the front and back, and tooled in a diamond pattern. The frame is a brass-colored metal with inscribed scrolls. Inside, on the front and back are a half-flap or pocket of corresponding leather, lined with burgundy fabric.
cases (containers)
accessories
cloth
leather
metal
tooling
lozenges
scrolls (motifs)
Leather
Unidentified Metal
Tooled
Diamond
Scroll
Synthetic Fabric
CASE
The front has an imprinted gold ""M"" at the center.
Diamond
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Bailey & C.B. (?) (Maker)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
0.75 x 5.5 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1837
Pennsylvania (United States)
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