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Card Case

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Collection Type

  • Household Accessories

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-73156

Description

Rectangular card case with hinged lid. Yellow and brown tortoise shell with silver inlay.

Details

Descriptive Terms

card cases
accessories
tortoise shell
silver (metal)
inlay (process)
Shell
Silver
Inlaid
Case, Card

Associated Person

Gaillard, Mary May (Bradlee), 1840-1903

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2321

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