This is a set of 10 original antique Victorian era calling cards or visiting cards ephemera.

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. They have various type faces, decorations and styles.

 They 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, and especially fun to incorporate into tea table decor.

used

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

date: 1880-1900

country: USA

size: most are 3.5 inches by 1.75 inches

material: paper, cardstock

designs: flowers, mottoes, children

color: white/red/blue/pink/black

used antique condition, glue on reverse, some wear to edges