This is Lot #2, a set of 10 original Victorian era calling cards or visiting cards. They were given by ladies to introduce themselves and to leave when visiting a home. They were also used as enclosures with gifts. Every fashionable lady had their own, and many used the Language Of Flowers to leave a message.

These antique calling cards or visiting cards have various type faces, decorations and styles. We acquired these with a large lot of Victoria ephemera, and were told they had originally been in a scrapbook or visitor's album but had been removed years ago.

The antique cards are in very good used, antique condition with a bit of wear and marks of having mounted on the back. Calling cards are very difficult to find now, and are a window on an elegant and gracious age past.

They can be used in all sorts of ways...to fill your own calling card basket, as a source of ideas for artwork and many other things...just be creative and enjoy!

type: calling cards, visiting cards, name cards, gift cards

date: 1880-1900

size: most are 3.5 inches by 1.75 inches

material: paper, cardstock

country: USA